The management of hypertension in the elderly by general practitioners in Merseyside: the rule of halves revisited.

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Published in Br J Gen Pract on April 01, 1998

Authors

M Cranney1, S Barton, T Walley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Liverpool.

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