Reproducibility of blood pressure measurements

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-209

  Parati, Gianfranco ^a,b,c   Ulian, Luisa ^b   Santucciu, Cinzia ^b   Mancia, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale San Luca   (Italy)

Author keywords

'White coat' effect; Ambulatory blood pressure; Blood pressure reproducibility; Clinical trials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000445643     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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