Affiliation:
1. Federal Scientific Center for Medical and Preventive Health Risk Management Technologies
Abstract
Arterial hypertension is a significant problem for occupational fitness examination in workers engaged into heavy work and exposed to hazardous and (or) jeopardy work conditions. In expert decisions, necessity is to consider medical contraindications which are difficult to interpret in practice. The authors systematized literature data on diagnosis and clinical importance of isolated office hypertension («white coat» hypertension).
Publisher
FSBI Research Institute of Occupational Health RAMS
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