Effects of systematic errors in blood pressure measurements on the diagnosis of hypertension

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 249-253

  Turner, Martin J ^a   Baker, A Barry ^a   Kam, Peter C ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Error sensitivity; Hypertension; Measurement error; Sphygmomanometers; Systematic error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 12344334280     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200410000-00004     Document Type: Article

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