Anthropometric measures and blood pressure in school children

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 243-249

  Moser, Deise Cristiane ^a   De Carlos Back Giuliano, Isabela ^b   Titski, Ana Cláudia Kapp ^a   Gaya, Anelise Reis ^c   Coelho e Silva, Manuel João ^d   Leite, Neiva ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Blood pressure; Students

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKINFOLD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84892573657     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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