Social class-related gradient in the association of skeletal growth with blood pressure among adolescent boys in India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2256-2262

  Rao, Shobha ^a   Apte, Priti ^a  

^a AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood pressure; Leg length; Leg length to height ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LEG; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LEG; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 74949130188     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005229     Document Type: Article

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