Blood pressure and body mass index in an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents in Paramaribo, Suriname

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Agyemang, Charles ^a   Oudeman, Eline ^a   Zijlmans, Wilco ^b   Wendte, Johannes ^a   Stronks, Karien ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Diakonessen Hospital   (Suriname)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURINAME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; SURINAME;

EID: 67449110101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-9-19     Document Type: Article

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