Hypertension in the very old; prevalence, awareness, treatment and control: a cross-sectional population-based study in a Spanish municipality.

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Published in BMC Geriatr on May 08, 2009

Authors

Alba Aguado1, Flora López, Sonia Miravet, Pilar Oriol, M Isabel Fuentes, Belén Henares, Teresa Badia, Lluis Esteve, Javier Peligro

Author Affiliations

1: CAP Sagrada Familia, Consorci Sanitari Integral, Barcelona, Spain. alba.aguado@sanitatintegral.org

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