Ambulatory blood pressure measurement is indispensable to good clinical practice

Journal of Hypertension, Supplement

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  O'Brien, Eoin ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure measurement; Apparatus; Blood pressure; Guidelines; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EXAMINATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0042868665     PISSN: 09521178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200305002-00003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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