Hypertension guidelines: Political correctness trumping expertise?

Hypertension

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Messerli, Franz H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 84897047596     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.03056     Document Type: Letter

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