Knowledge of correct blood pressure measurement procedures among medical and nursing students;Conocimientos sobre los procedimientos correctos de medición de la presión arterial entre estudiantes universitarios de ciencias de la salud

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 568-571

  Jose Gonzalez Lopez, Julio ^b   Gómez Arnau Ramírez, Jorge ^a   Torremocha García, Rosa ^a   Albelda Esteban, Susana ^a   Alió Del Barrio, Jorge ^a   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a,b  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Estudiantes de enfermer a; Estudiantes de medicina; Measurement; Medical students; Medici n; Nursing students; Presi n arterial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; NURSING STUDENT; STETHOSCOPE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 68049139479     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(09)71038-3     Document Type: Article

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