Role of nutritional and environmental factors in the development of essential hypertension among school-going adolescents in Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Background: Essential hypertension is one of the fastest rising noncommunicable diseases among adolescents and poses a major public health issue globally. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension among school-going adolescents in Chennai and also to delineate t...

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Main Authors: Shreemathee Baskar, B Nisha, Gomathy Parasuraman, Ruma Dutta, Timsi Jain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:International Journal of Preventive Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2022;volume=13;issue=1;spage=98;epage=98;aulast=Baskar