Influence of cuff size on blood pressure among schoolchildren

Blood Pressure

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-176

  Clausen, Lillian RØnnegaard ^b   Olsen, Claus A ^b   Olsen, Jesper A ^b   Mortensen, Poul Erik ^b   Nielsen, Poul Ebbe ^a  

^a Frederikssund Hospital   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Children; Ideal cuff size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; DENMARK; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032700130     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080370599439706     Document Type: Article

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