Prevalence of overweight and obesity, and their relation to high blood pressure and central adiposity in students;Prevalencia de sobrepeso, obesidad y su relación con hipertensión arterial y centralización del tejido adiposo en escolares

Archivos Argentinos de Pediatria

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 492-498

  Szer, Graciela ^a   Kovalskys, Irina ^a   De Gregorio, María J ^b  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADIPOSITY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78650010659     PISSN: 03250075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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