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Editorial
. 2000 Oct;15(10):755-6.
doi: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2000.00814.x.

Evidence-based medicine: worship of form and treatment of high blood pressure

B M Psaty, C Rhoads, C D Furberg
Editorial

Evidence-based medicine: worship of form and treatment of high blood pressure

B M Psaty et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2000 Oct.
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