Editorial: Measuring children's blood pressure matters

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 3163-3164

  Gidding, Samuel S ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; EDITORIAL; FITNESS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; LIFE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 51649109900     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.787168     Document Type: Editorial

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