Apparently less value of blood pressure among healthy people: Is the cuff width responsible?

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 83-84

  Pramanik, T ^a   Shrestha, S ^a   Ghosh, Arijit ^a  

^a NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Borderline hypertension; Normotensive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CUFF; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPHYGMOMANOMETER;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEPAL; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38749116657     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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