Three year follow up of patients with raised blood pressure identified at health checks in general practice.

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Published in BMJ on May 20, 1989

Authors

D Mant1, C McKinlay, A Fuller, T Randall, E M Fullard, J Muir

Author Affiliations

1: Imperial Cancer Research Fund General Practice Research Group, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.

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