Working meeting on blood pressure measurement: Suggestions for measuring blood pressure to use in populations surveys;Reunión de trabajo sobre la medición de la presión arterial: Recomendaciones para estudios de población

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

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 300-305

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Author keywords

Blood pressure; Blood pressure determination; Guidelines; Hypertension; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH SURVEY; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POPULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

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EID: 0348240983     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892003001000003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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