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Hypertension in elderly people

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Andrew K Scott*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, UK
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Andrew K Scott, Senior Lecturer in Geriatric Medicine, University of Manchester, Clinical Sciences Building, Hope Hospital, Eccles Old Road, Salford M6 8HD, UK.

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Clinical geriatrics
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