Which period of growth is determinant for blood pressure?

Hypertension

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Chiolero, Arnaud ^a,b   Paradis, Gilles ^b   Bovet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GROWTH PERIOD; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT CHANGE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY;

EID: 84864278483     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.112.197939     Document Type: Letter

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