Is the Beneficial Effect of Mediterranean Diet on Cardiovascular Risk Partly Mediated through Better Blood Pressure Control?
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1 Endocrinology Clinic, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Military Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; 3 Second Prop. Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; 4 Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Agios Pavlos Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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