Should emergency departments really be screening for hypertension?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 640-

  Lee, Jason ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 23944439927     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.018747     Document Type: Note

References (4)

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