Dark chocolate for children's blood pressure: Randomised trial

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 637-640

  Chan, Eunice K ^a   Quach, Jon ^b   Mensah, Fiona K ^a,b,c   Sung, Valerie ^a,b,c   Cheung, Michael ^a,b,c   Wake, Melissa ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CACAO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK CHOCOLATE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL CHILD; STUDENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CANDY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84863325205     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301305     Document Type: Article

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