A Century of Indirect Blood Pressure Measurement:Back to Basics

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 1922-1923

  Cushman, William C ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0030599103     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1996.00440160026006     Document Type: Article

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