Principles and techniques of blood pressure measurement

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-223

  Pickering, Thomas G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HYPERTENSION; OSCILLOMETRY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF MONITORING; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; AGE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035987980     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(01)00009-1     Document Type: Article

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