Selective recording in blood pressure readings may increase subsequent mortality

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 571-577

  Wingfield, D ^a,b   Freeman, G K ^a   Bulpitt, C J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Brook Green Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036735942     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/95.9.571     Document Type: Article

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