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The national high blood pressure education program.

John B. Stokes
- 01 Apr 1974 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 4, pp 172-176
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This article is published in Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association.The article was published on 1974-04-01. It has received 1110 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health education.

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Diet and blood pressure in 2.5-y-old Danish children

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Definition of metabolic syndrome in preadolescent girls

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Prevalence and consequence of systolic hypertension in children

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Treatment of hypertensive children with amlodipine

TL;DR: It is concluded that amlodipine provides effective BP control without significant adverse effects in children with hypertension, and can be used as monotherapy in most children.