Interarm blood pressure difference and vascular disease - Authors reply

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9836, 2012, Pages 24-25

  Clark, Christopher E ^a   Taylor, Rod S ^a   Shore, Angela C ^a   Ukoumunne, Obioha C ^a   Campbell, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84863465128     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-301101     Document Type: Letter

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