Community Pharmacy and Blood Pressure Control
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Community Pharmacy and Blood Pressure Control.
W idespread, effective identification and management of uncontrolled hypertension remains elusive, undermining our ability to reduce the impact of stroke and heart disease. The statistics are widely appreciated: ≈30% of North Americans have hypertension, and almost half of this hyper-tension is uncontrolled. Nearly 1000 people a day die of complications attributed to hypertension, and direct an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.017395