Comparison of different measures of blood pressure

BMJ

Volumn 325, Issue 7376, 2002, Pages 1360-

  Hamilton, William T ^a   Sharp, Deborah ^a   Marshall, Tom ^b   Palatini, Paolo ^c   Brueren, Mark ^d   Bissery, Alvine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d General Practice Stiphout   (Netherlands)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD; UTILIZATION REVIEW; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; HUMAN;

EID: 0037038988     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7376.1360     Document Type: Letter

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