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Oliver, J., Dhayalan, S., Graham, D. et al. Doctors and the public concord in their acceptance of antihypertensive drug treatment. J Hum Hypertens 20, 901–903 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1002085
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