Utility of an automatic instrument for blood pressure measurement in children: The Bogalusa Heart Study

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 256-262

  Wattigney, Wendy A ^a   Webber, Larry S ^b   Lawrence, Meg D ^a   Berenson, Gerald S ^a,b  

^a Louisiana Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ausculatory blood pressure; Automatic blood pressure monitoring; Dinamap automatic blood pressure monitor; Oscillometric blood pressure

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

EID: 0030001754     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-7061(95)00334-7     Document Type: Article

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