Control rates of hypertension in North America

Hypertension

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 571-572

  Leenen, Frans H H ^a   Schiffrin, Ernesto L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77957233483     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.157818     Document Type: Editorial

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