Feasibility and reliability of ankle/arm blood pressure index in preventive medicine

Angiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 463-471

  Simon, Alain ^a   Papoz, Laure ^b   Ponton, Alice ^b   Segond, Patrick ^c   Becker, François ^d   Drouet, Ludovic ^e   Levenson, Jaime ^a   Marazanof, Marc ^f   Sentou, Yves ^g   Chollet, Emmanuelle ^h   Etiemble, Jeanne ^h  

^a HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Groupe PCV METRA   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^e HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^f HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Clinique Cardiologique du Nord   (France)

^h BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0034095693     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100603     Document Type: Article

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