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Perceptions and behaviour of hypertensive patients: a divine intervention or a case for Hippocrates?

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  2. University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK

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Langman, C., Lyons, A. & Lip, G. Perceptions and behaviour of hypertensive patients: a divine intervention or a case for Hippocrates?. J Hum Hypertens 15, 751–754 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001277

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