Taking blood pressure: Too important to trust to humans?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 683-688

  Vidt, Donald G ^a,b   Lang, Richard S ^a,c   Seballos, Raul J ^a   Misra Hebert, Anita ^a   Campbell, John ^a   Bena, James F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Seventh Joint National Committee on Prevention   (United States)

^c Department of Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ANXIETY; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 77958019629     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09155     Document Type: Review

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