Failure of psychological interventions to lower blood pressure: A randomized controlled trial

Open Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 62-70

  Perez, Marco I ^a   Linden, Wolfgang ^a   Perry Jr , Thomas ^a   Puil, Lorri J ^a   Wright, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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