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The suitability of an automated blood pressure measuring device—the Omron HEM-705CP—in a large multicentre study: the ASCOT study

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    H O’Neill, E O’Brien & A Stanton

  2. Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Studies Unit, Imperial College of Medicine, St Mary’s Campus, Paddington, London, W2 1PG, UK

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O’Neill, H., O’Brien, E., Stanton, A. et al. The suitability of an automated blood pressure measuring device—the Omron HEM-705CP—in a large multicentre study: the ASCOT study. J Hum Hypertens 15 (Suppl 1), S83–S85 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001093

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