The prevalence of paediatric hypertension, emphasising the need to use specific population references: The Sardinian Hypertensive Adolescents Research Programme Study

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-238

  Marras, Andrea Raffaele ^a   Bassareo, Pier Paolo ^a   Ruscazio, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE ADOLESCENTS RESEARCH PROGRAM STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349191649     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951109003722     Document Type: Article

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