Measuring blood pressure: A call to bare arms?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 591-593

  McKay, Donald W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUSCULTATION; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NOTE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 40949107633     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.071787     Document Type: Note

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