Towards improving procedures for validating blood pressure measuring devices

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 247-249

  O'Brien, Eoin ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Ejection fraction; Myocardial infarction; Secondary prevention

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0031448979     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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