Screen detected high blood pressure under 40: a general practice population followed up for 21 years.

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Published in BMJ on February 13, 1993

Authors

J T Hart1, C Edwards, M Hart, J Jones, M Jones, A Haines, G Watt

Author Affiliations

1: Epidemiology and Medical Care Unit, Northwick Park and Glyncorrwg Health Centre, West Glamorgan.

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