Increasing blood pressure and its associated factors in Canadian children and adolescents from the Canadian Health Measures Survey
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Canada is facing a childhood obesity epidemic. Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a major complication of obesity. Reports on the impact of excess adiposity on BP in children and adolescents have varied significantly across studies. We...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Public Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/388 |