The great myth of office blood pressure measurement

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1894-1898

  Myers, Martin G ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

automated sphygmomanometers; blood pressure measurement

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED OFFICE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD;

EID: 84866549405     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283577b05     Document Type: Review

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