Improving blood pressure in children is protective over the long term

Circulation

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 198-199

  Zachariah, Justin P ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; COHORT STUDIES; EDITORIALS; PEDIATRICS;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE;

EID: 84880324779     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.003954     Document Type: Editorial

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