Hypertension Stacking the silent killer

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-121

  Hoel, Donna ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 0031066801     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1997.02.155     Document Type: Article

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