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Methods for downloading, appending and merging NHANES data

Hypertension Research volume 46, pages 1616–1617 (2023)Cite this article

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We thank you very much for the recognition of our study entitled “Associations between Vitamin D, tobacco smoke, and hypertension: A cross-sectional study of the NHANES 2001–2016” [1], which has been published in “Hypertension Research”, and appreciate editor and Zhang et al. [2] for the invitation to answer the question” How to get the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data”.

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    Zuxiang Wu & Ping Li

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