Primary hypertension in childhood

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 444-452

  Bucher, Barbara S ^a   Ferrarini, Alessandra ^a   Weber, Nico ^a   Bullo, Marina ^a   Bianchetti, Mario G ^a   Simonetti, Giacomo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Blood pressure; BP; Cardiovascular disease; Childhood; Children; Epidemiology; Essential; Obesity; Pathogenesis; Primary; Risk factors; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OBESITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HYPERTENSION; RACE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SALT INTAKE; SCREENING; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM BALANCE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM, DIETARY;

EID: 84893646184     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-013-0378-8     Document Type: Article

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