Cardiovascular risk factors in Australian indigenous and non-indigenous children: A population-based study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 20-27

  Haysom, Leigh ^a,b   Williams, Rita E ^b   Hodson, Elisabeth M ^b   Lopez Vargas, Pamela ^b   Roy, L Paul ^c   Lyle, David M ^d   Craig, Jonathan C ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hypertension; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC HYPERTENSION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

ALBUMINURIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 58649119622     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01426.x     Document Type: Article

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