Measuring blood pressure: Who and how?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-218

  Padfield, Paul L ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NOTE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; NURSE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NURSES;

EID: 63849131971     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32831fda4e     Document Type: Note

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