Blood pressure standards for Saudi children and adolescents

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 173-178

  Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   El Mouzan, Mohammad I ^a   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a   Al Omar, Ahmad A ^b   Qurashi, Mansour M ^c  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Al Yamamah Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 69449105053     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.51787     Document Type: Article

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