Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

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Year: 2016
Type: letter
Volume: 389
Issue: 10064
Pages: 37-55
Citations: 2551
Access: Closed

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                                    Bin Zhou, 
                                
                                    James Bentham, 
                                
                                    Mariachiara Di Cesare
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2016). 
                            Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 389
                            (10064)
                            , 37-55.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31919-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(16)31919-5