Adiposity and blood pressure in 7- to 11-year-old children: Comparison of British Pakistani and white British children, and of British Pakistani children of migrant and British-born mothers

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 710-716

  Henderson, Emily J ^a   Jones, Caroline H D ^a   Hornby Turner, Yvonne C ^a   Pollard, Tessa M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79961168559     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21204     Document Type: Article

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