Standardization of blood pressure measurement in an International Comparative Study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 869-877

  Ataman, Susan L ^a   Cooper, Richard ^a,f   Rotimi, Charles ^a   McGee, Daniel ^a   Osotimehin, Babatunde ^b   Kadiri, Solomon ^b   Kingue, Samuel ^c   Muna, Walinjom ^c   Fraser, Henry ^d   Forrester, Terrence ^e   Wilks, Rainford ^e  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Department of Medicine Univ Centre for Health Sciences   (Cameroon)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure standardization; Digit preference; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Multicenter surveys; Quality control; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

EID: 0030220091     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(96)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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