Differences in clinic and ambulatory measurements of blood pressure

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7751, 2010, Pages 823-

  McManus, Richard ^a   Martin, Una ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77951065502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1782     Document Type: Editorial

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