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. 2014 Aug;16(8):551-3.
doi: 10.1111/jch.12372. Epub 2014 Jul 17.

High blood pressure: why prevention and control are urgent and important: a 2014 fact sheet from the World Hypertension League and the International Society of Hypertension

Norm R C Campbell  1 , Daniel T Lackland, Mark L Niebylski; World Hypertension League Committee; International Society of Hypertension Executive Committee
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High blood pressure: why prevention and control are urgent and important: a 2014 fact sheet from the World Hypertension League and the International Society of Hypertension

Norm R C Campbell et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2014 Aug.
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