A Call to Regulate Manufacture and Marketing of Blood Pressure Devices and Cuffs: A Position Statement From the World Hypertension League, International Society of Hypertension and Supporting Hypertension Organizations

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 378-380

  Campbell, Norm R C ^a   Gelfer, Mark ^b   Stergiou, George S ^c   Alpert, Bruce S ^d   Myers, Martin G ^e   Rakotz, Michael K ^f,g   Padwal, Raj ^h   Schutte, Aletta Elisabeth ⁱ   O'Brien, Eoin ^j   Lackland, Daniel T ^k   Niebylski, Mark L ^k   Nilsson, Peter M ^k   Redburn, Kimbree A ^k   Zhang, Xin Hua ^k   Burrell, Louise ^l   Horiuchi, Masatsugu ^l   Poulter, Neil R ^l   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^l   Ramirez, Agustin J ^l   Schiffrin, Ernesto L ^l   Touyz, Rhian M ^l   Wang, Ji Guang ^l   Weber, Michael A ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Pediatric Exercise Science   (United States)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

ⁱ NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^k World Hypertension League   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE METER; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DEVICE APPROVAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MARKETING; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; DEVICES; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MARKETING; ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 84958817631     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12782     Document Type: Article

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