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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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Fetal and childhood onset of adult cardiovascular diseases.

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