Tracking of blood pressure from childhood to adolescence in a Greek cohort

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-393

  Kollias, Anastasios ^a   Pantsiotou, Kyratsoula ^a   Karpettas, Nikolaos ^a   Roussias, Leonidas ^a   Stergiou, George S ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861631119     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr082     Document Type: Article

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