Secular changes in anthropometric measurements and blood pressure in children of Crete, Greece, during 1992/93 and 2006/07

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 213-217

  Smpokos, Emmanouil A ^a   Linardakis, Manolis ^a   Papadaki, Angeliki ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Blood pressure; Children; Obesity; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MODERATE TO VIGOROUS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 79952737102     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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