Time to lower treatment BP targets for hypertension?

The Lancet

Volumn 374, Issue 9689, 2009, Pages 503-504

  Carlberg, Bo ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 68349157346     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61467-7     Document Type: Note

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