Discordant prevalence of hypertension using two different automated blood pressure measurement devices: A population-based study in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 59-64

  Chiolero, Arnaud ^a,b   Gervasoni, Jean Pierre ^a   Rwebogora, Anne ^c   Mkamba, Mashombo ^c   Waeber, Bernard ^b   Paccaud, Fred ^a   Burnier, Michel ^b   Bovet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Blood pressure determination; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSCILLOMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; WRIST;

EID: 2342656376     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126097-200404000-00001     Document Type: Article

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