Blood Pressure Measurement Device, Number and Timing of Visits, and Intra-Individual Visit-to-Visit Variability of Blood Pressure

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 744-750

  Levitan, Emily B ^a   Kaciroti, Niko ^b   Oparil, Suzanne ^c   Julius, Stevo ^b   Muntner, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VISIT TO VISIT VARIABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84868520659     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12005     Document Type: Article

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