Childhood obesity: A determinant of adolescent and adult hypertension

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL, 2014, Pages

  Shrivastava, Saurabh Ram Bihari Lal ^a   Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh ^a   Ramasamy, Jegadeesh ^a  

^a Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth Deemed to Be University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84897851545     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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