Challenges in standardization of blood pressure measurement at the population level

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tolonen, Hanna ^a   Koponen, Päivikki ^a   Naska, Androniki ^b   Männistö, Satu ^a   Broda, Grazyna ^c   Palosaari, Tarja ^a   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Methodology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSCILLOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OSCILLOMETRY; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84928008683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12874-015-0020-3     Document Type: Article

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