European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 31-34 , January 2007

Use of the median for the evaluation of blood pressure self-measurement (BPSM)

Received 8 July 2005 ,Revised 14 May 2006 ,Accepted 4 July 2006.

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PII: S0953-6205(06)00254-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.07.023

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 31-34 , January 2007