Relationship between BMI and blood pressure in girls and boys

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1085-1088

  Gundogdu, Zuhal ^a  

^a Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Maternity and Children Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SYSTOLE; TURKEY;

EID: 51049095916     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002280     Document Type: Article

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