Goodbye mercury? Blood pressure measurement and its future

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 89-90

  Varughese, George I ^a   Lip, Gregory Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MERCURY;

ACCURACY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; SELF EXAMINATION; SMOKING; SODIUM INTAKE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; UNITED KINGDOM; INSTRUMENTATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MERCURY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 15044347590     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.98.3.89     Document Type: Editorial

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