Sphygmomanometers: An audit in general practice

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 952-954

  Shah, Nayankumar C ^a   Sibbritt, David W ^b   Heaney, Susan ^a   Sharples, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; VALIDATION STUDY;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 16644368876     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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