Racial and geographic differences in awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension: the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study.

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Published in Stroke on March 23, 2006

Authors

George Howard1, Ron Prineas, Claudia Moy, Mary Cushman, Martha Kellum, Ella Temple, Andra Graham, Virginia Howard

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. ghoward@uab.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Giving a Low Carbohydrate Diet to Overcome Hypertension (GLOH) | NCT04230928

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