Improving the measurement of blood pressure: Is it time for regulated standards?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 838-839

  Appel, Lawrence J ^a   Miller, Edgar R ^a   Charleston, Jeanne ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CUFF; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

EID: 79959681171     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-154-12-201106210-00014     Document Type: Editorial

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