Do Hospitalized Pediatric Patients Have Weight and Blood Pressure Concerns Identified?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-217

  Sleeper, Eric J ^a   Ariza, Adolfo J ^a,b,c   Binns, Helen J ^a,b,c  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEMORIAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149494643     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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