Blood Pressure Screening in Children: Do We Have This Right?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 452-453

  Friedman, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 51449113494     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.05.014     Document Type: Editorial

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