Doctors’ attitudes towards the detection and treatment of hypertension in older people
✍ Scribed by Duggan, S; Ford, G A; Eccles, M
- Book ID
- 110047604
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0950-9240
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