Blood pressure measurement: The experience of personnel training and quality control in the Pro-Saúde Study;Aferição da pressão arterial: Experiência de treinamento de pessoal e controle de qualidade no Estudo Pró-Saúde

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Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1997-2002

  Faerstein, Eduardo ^a   Chor, Dóra ^b   Griep, Rosane Harter ^c   Alves, Márcia Guimarães De Mello ^d,e   Werneck, Guilherme L ^a,c   Lopes, Cláudia S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d Fundacao Municipal de Saude de Niteroi   (Brazil)

^e MINISTÉRIO DA SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood Pressure; Blood Pressure Determination; Measurement Equipment; Measures; Techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748424812     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2006000900031     Document Type: Article

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