The Accoson Greenlight 300™, the first non-automated mercury-free blood pressure measurement device to pass the International Protocol for blood pressure measuring devices in adults

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-17

  Graves, John W ^a   Tibor, Mary ^a   Murtagh, Blaithnead ^a   Klein, Lois ^a   Sheps, Sheldon G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Auscultatory blood pressure measurement; British Hypertension Society; Non mercury automated device

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

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

EID: 1842531924     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200402000-00004     Document Type: Article

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