Stability of blood pressure: Is a sequential blood pressure reading protocol efficient for a large-scale community screening programme

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 637-642

  Huang, Y C ^a   Morisky, Donald E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Hypertension; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SCREENING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032844842     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000889     Document Type: Article

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