Sources of inaccuracy in the use of the hawksley random‐zero sphygmomanometer

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1379-1384

  McGurk, Colm ^a   Nugent, Ailish ^a   McAuley, Daniel ^a   Silke, Bernard ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure determination; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CUFF; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERROR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY; TIME;

EID: 0031445059     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715120-00002     Document Type: Article

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