Sphygmomanometer calibration Why, how and how often?

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 834-837

  Turner, Martin J ^a   Speechly, Catherine ^b   Bignell, Noel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAINTENANCE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 38449090401     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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