Hypertension and prehypertension among adolescents in secondary schools in Enugu, South East Nigeria

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ujunwa, Fortune A ^a   Ikefuna, Anthony N ^a   Nwokocha, Ada R C ^a   Chinawa, Josephat M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Hypertension; Prehypertension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NIGERIA; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84886739712     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-39-70     Document Type: Article

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