Blood pressure screening of school children in a multiracial school district: The healthy kids project

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-356

  Moore, William E ^a   Eichner, June E ^a   Cohn, Eve M ^a   Thompson, David M ^a   Kobza, Cee E ^b   Abbott, Kathryn E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Anadarko Public Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITOR; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 62849108625     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.13     Document Type: Article

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