Relationship between arterial blood pressure and body mass index of school age children of southern region of Iran

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 737-741

  Shajari, Hamideh ^a   Shajari, Ahmad ^b   Sepahi, Mohsen Akhavan ^c   Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang ^b   Roghani, Reza ^b   Nakhaei, Mohammad Hosein Ataee ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Body mass index; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREHYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE;

EID: 82555204541     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 17359694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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