Difference in blood pressure readings with mercury and automated devices: Impact on hypertension prevalence estimates in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 427-433

  Chiolero, Arnaud ^a   Gervasoni, Jean Pierre ^a   Rwebogora, Anne ^b   Balampama, Marianna ^b   Paccaud, Fred ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Hypertension; Tanzania; Validation protocol

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ADULT; AGE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVALENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TANZANIA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OSCILLOMETRY; PREVALENCE; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; TANZANIA;

EID: 33747511790     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9015-z     Document Type: Article

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