Screening for primary hypertension in children and adolescents: U.S. preventive services task force recommendation statement

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 613-619

  Moyer, Virginia A ^a  

^a US Preventive Services Task Force   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887970733     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-159-9-201311050-00725     Document Type: Article

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