Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 522-527 , June 2009

Finger beat-to-beat blood pressure responses to successive hand elevations

Received 28 March 2008 ,Revised 21 July 2008 ,Accepted 5 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.10.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 522-527 , June 2009

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