The association between blood pressure in adolescents and the consumption of fruits, vegetables and fruit juice - an exploratory study

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1553-1560

  Damasceno, Marta M C ^a   De Araújo, Márcio F M ^b   Freire de Freitas, Roberto W J ^c   de Almeida, Paulo C ^d   Zanetti, Maria L ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b Center for Social Sciences Health and Technology   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^e Researcher of National Counsel of Technological Scientific Development of Brazil (CNPq)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Blood pressure; Brazil; Fruit; Nursing; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CHILD; FRUIT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; BEVERAGES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAZIL; CHILD; DIET RECORDS; FRUIT; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79955779164     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03608.x     Document Type: Article

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