Public Health
Volume 114, Issue 3 , Pages 165-168 , May 2000

Measuring blood pressure at the wrist: more comfortable for patients and more convenient for doctors?

  • S de Lusignan

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice and Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, UK
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  • K Thiru Mr

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice and Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Mr K Thiru, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, St George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE, UK
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  • K Meredith

      Affiliations

    • Woodbridge Hill Surgery, Guildford GU2 6AT, UK
    • ,
  • A Majeed

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Policy, University College London, London, WC1H 9EZ, UK
    • ,
  • P Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Nuffield Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK

,Accepted 15 June 1999.

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doi: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900614

Public Health
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