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What should be the goal blood pressure?

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 15, pages 831–832 (2001)Cite this article

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Bulpitt, C. What should be the goal blood pressure?. J Hum Hypertens 15, 831–832 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001291

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