Urban-rural disparity in blood pressure among Chinese children: 1985-2010

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 569-575

  Dong, Bin ^a,b   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a,b   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84984696264     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv239     Document Type: Article

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