Blood pressure in different ethnic groups (BP-Eth): A mixed methods study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wood, Sally ^a   Martin, Una ^a   Gill, Paramjit ^a   Greenfield, Sheila M ^a   Haque, M Sayeed ^a   Mant, Jonathan ^b   Mohammed, Mohammed A ^a   Heer, Gurdip ^a   Johal, Amanpreet ^a   Kaur, Ramandeep ^a   Schwartz, Claire ^a   McManus, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84871095140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001598     Document Type: Article

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