Home or self blood pressure measurement? What is the correct term?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2259-2264

  Stergiou, George S ^a   Efstathiou, Stamatis P ^a   Alamara, Christina V ^a   Mastorantonakis, Stilianos E ^a   Roussias, Leonidas G ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clinic blood pressure; Home blood pressure; Self blood pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0142012292     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200312000-00013     Document Type: Article

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