Taking blood pressure - No laughing matter!

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-110

  McMahon, Colm ^a   Mahmud, Azra ^a   Feely, John ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Laughter; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LAUGHTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 17844372742     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200504000-00010     Document Type: Article

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