Devices and techniques for blood pressure measurement and criteria for hypertension adopted by Brazilian physicians. Exploratory study;Aparelhos, técnicas de medida da pressão arterial e critérios de hipertensão adotados por médicos Brasileiros. Estudo exploratório

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 593-600

  Mion Jr , Décio ^a   Pierin, Angela Maria Geraldo ^b   Lessa, Ines ^b   Nobre, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Calibration; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAZIL; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHYSICIAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRAZIL; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 0042731529     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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