A public health approach to global management of hypertension.

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Published in Lancet on February 28, 2015

Authors

Sonia Y Angell1, Kevin M De Cock1, Thomas R Frieden2

Author Affiliations

1: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
2: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: tfrieden@cdc.gov.

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