Assessing secular trends in blood pressure in children and adolescents

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 426-427

  Chiolero, A ^a,b   Bovet, P ^b   Paradis, G ^a,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349225130     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2008.165     Document Type: Note

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