Blood pressure. Assessment of interarm differences

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 2005-2008

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Hollander, Judd E ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0029836631     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.17.2005     Document Type: Article

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