Prevalence of hypertension in a Bangladeshi adult population
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Prevalence and Incidence of Hypertension in the General Adult Population
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Hypertension
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0950-9240,1476-5527
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000838