Leontio Lyceum ALbuminuria (3L Study) epidemiological study: Aims, design and preliminary findings

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 476-483

  Tsioufis, Costas ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a   Dimitriadis, Kyriakos ^a   Thomopoulos, Costas ^a   Syrseloudis, Dimitris ^a   Andrikou, Eirini ^a   Chatzis, Dimitris ^a   Taxiarchou, Efstathios ^a   Selima, Maria ^a   Mazaraki, Anastasia ^a   Chararis, Giorgos ^a   Tolis, Panagiotis ^a   Gennadi, Aliki ^a   Andrikou, Ioannis ^a   Stefanadi, Elli ^a   Fragoulis, Vagelis ^a   Tzamou, Vanessa ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a   Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Hypertension; Lifestyle; Microalbuminuria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DIET; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINURIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREECE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 73249118099     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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