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The sixth report of the Joint National Committee on prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure

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- 01 Jan 1997 - 
- Vol. 157, pp 2413-2446
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This article is published in JAMA Internal Medicine.The article was published on 1997-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 5537 citations till now.

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European Society of Hypertension recommendations for conventional, ambulatory and home blood pressure

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