Accuracy of drug store blood pressure monitors: An observational study

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 339-341

  Ross, Katherine L ^a   Bhasin, Sanchit ^a   Wilson, Merne P ^a   Stewart, Samuel A ^a   Wilson, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparison; Drug store blood pressure monitors; Home blood pressure; Pharmasmart; Validated blood pressure monitors; Vitastat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG STORE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ARM; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; CANADA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; SYSTOLE;

EID: 84892425626     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: 14735725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBP.0000000000000003     Document Type: Article

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