A standard method for measuring blood pressure in the Americas

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 297-

  Periago, Mirta Roses ^a   Lenfant, Claude ^b  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEALTH MONITORING;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARD;

EID: 0346727146     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892003001000001     Document Type: Editorial

References (3)

1. Pan American Hypertension Initiative. Pan American Hypertension Initiative [Internet site]. Available from: http://www.mco.edu/org/whl/pahi.html. Accessed 12 September 2003.
2. Pan American Health Organization. Health in the Americas, 2002 edition. Volume I. Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2002. (PAHO Scientific and Technical Publication No. 587).
3. Pan American Hypertension Initiative. Working meeting on blood pressure measurement: suggestions for measuring blood pressure to use in populations surveys. Rev Panam Salud Publica 2003:14(5):300-302.