Prevalence of hypertension in school going children of Surat city, Western India

Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 228-232

  Buch, Nirav ^a   Goyal, Jagdish ^a   Kumar, Nagendra ^a   Parmar, Indira ^a   Shah, Vijay ^a   Charan, Jaykaran ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Children; hypertension; India; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

EID: 81755162345     PISSN: 09753583     EISSN: 09762833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0975-3583.89807     Document Type: Article

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