Ave atque vale: The centenary of clinical sphygmomanometry

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9041, 1996, Pages 1569-1570

  O'Brien, Eoin ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ACCURACY; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029800401     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)10033-7     Document Type: Note

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