Correlation of obesity with elevated blood pressure among racial/ethnic minority children in two Los Angeles middle schools

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  McCarthy, William J ^a   Yancey, Antronette K ^a   Siegel, Judith M ^a   Wong, Weng Kee ^a   Ward, Andriette ^b   Leslie, Joanne ^c   Gonzalez, Eloisa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84978426297     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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