## Veterans' Administration Co-operative Group W hen the causes of chronic morbidity and disability in people beyond middle age are analyzed it is obvious that cerebrovascular and cardiac ailments are the main contributors. Among the quantifiable risk factors for these disorders in older people hi
Prevalence of secondary hypertension and unusual aspects of the treatment of hypertension in elderly individuals
β Scribed by David H. P. Streeten; Gunnar H. Anderson; Merrill F. Elias
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 622 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0924-8455
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