Does drug treatment improve survival? Reconciling the trials in mild-to-moderate hypertension.

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Published in J Hypertens on July 01, 1995

Authors

A W Hoes1, D E Grobbee, J Lubsen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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