Blood pressure and associated factors in a North African adolescent population. a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Aounallah Skhiri, Hajer ^a,b   El Ati, Jalila ^c   Traissac, Pierre ^d   Ben Romdhane, Habiba ^a   Eymard Duvernay, Sabrina ^d   Delpeuch, Francis ^d   Achour, Noureddine ^a   Maire, Bernard ^d  

^a INSP (National Institute of Public Health)   (Tunisia)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Blood pressure; Prevalence; Risk factors; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84856435299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-98     Document Type: Article

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