Relation between physical activity and blood pressure levels in young Greek adolescents: The Leontio Lyceum Study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-68

  Tsioufis, Costas ^a   Kyvelou, Stella ^a   Tsiachris, Dimitris ^a   Tolis, Panagiotis ^a   Hararis, Giorgos ^a   Koufakis, Nikos ^a   Psaltopoulou, Theodora ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^b   Kokkinos, Peter ^c   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; blood pressure; heart rate; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GREECE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREECE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79251468809     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq006     Document Type: Article

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