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Editorial
. 2000 Mar 25;320(7238):815-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7238.815.

Replacing the mercury sphygmomanometer. Requires clinicians to demand better automated devices

E O'Brien
Editorial

Replacing the mercury sphygmomanometer. Requires clinicians to demand better automated devices

E O'Brien. BMJ. .
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