Cardiovascular risk factors among adolescent secondary school boys in ahad rufeida, Southwestern Saudi arabia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-384

  Shatoor, Abdullah S ^a   Mahfouz, Ahmed A ^a   Khan, Mohamed Y ^a   Daffalla, Asim A ^a   Mostafa, Osama ^a   Hammad, Rafik K ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONSANGUINITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855232984     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq108     Document Type: Article

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