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In this review I try to summarize concisely available information on common effectors on blood pressure, occupational, and environmental ones, which are sometimes overlooked, so that clinicians involved in caring for patients with hypertension may have somewhat better vision of what our patients are exposed to.
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Bursztyn, M. Occupational and environmental influences on hypertension. J Hum Hypertens 34, 202–206 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-020-0302-z
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