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. 2018 May;20(5):847-849.
doi: 10.1111/jch.13287. Epub 2018 Apr 27.

Ambulatory blood pressure threshold for black Africans: more questions than answers

Abiodun M Adeoye  1   2 , Bamidele O Tayo  3 , Mayowa O Owolabi  1   2 , Adewole A Adebiyi  1   2 , Daniel T Lackland  4 , Richard Cooper  3 , Akinlolu Ojo  5 , Gbenga Ogedegbe  6
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Ambulatory blood pressure threshold for black Africans: more questions than answers

Abiodun M Adeoye et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2018 May.
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