Prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among adolescent high school girls in Tabriz, Iran

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 461-465

  Rafraf, Maryam ^a,b   Pourghassem Gargari, Bahram ^a   Safaiyan, Abdolrasol ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Girls; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

EAST AZERBAIJAN; IRAN; TABRIZ;

EID: 77957833239     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651003100308     Document Type: Article

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