Blood pressure-measuring devices in rural South Africa: An audit conducted by the SASPI team in the Agincourt field site

Cardiovascular Journal of South Africa

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 192-196

  Connor, M D ^a   Hopkins, T ^b   Tollman, S M ^c   Thorogood, M ^d   Modi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; METHYLDOPA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASPIRIN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL AUDIT; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 33750946756     PISSN: 10159657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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