Terminal digit bias in a specialty hypertension faculty practice

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 819-822

  Thavarajah, S ^a   White, W B ^a   Mansoor, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Digit bias; Hypertension clinic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ERROR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 0346970688     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1001625     Document Type: Article

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