Elevated blood pressure in overweight and obese Irish children

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-381

  Finucane, F M ^a,b   Pittock, S ^c   Fallon, M ^c   Hatunic, M ^a   Ong, K ^b   Burns, N ^a   Costigan, C ^c   Murphy, N ^c   Nolan, J J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Hypertension; Irish; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTATION; IRELAND; MALE; OBESITY; OSCILLOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; MALE; OBESITY; OSCILLOMETRY; OVERWEIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61749097270     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: 18634362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-008-0228-x     Document Type: Article

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