Is systolic blood pressure all that matters? No

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7713, 2009, Pages 140-

  O'Brien, Eoin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DIASTOLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLE;

EID: 68249130722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b2669     Document Type: Short Survey

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