Overweight and reduced heart rate variability in British children: An exploratory study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 430-432

  Birch, Samantha L ^a   Duncan, Michael J ^a   Franklin, Craig ^a  

^a Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Cardiac; Obesity; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 84868303222     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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