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Effects of Labeling Patients as Prehypertensive
Anthony J. Viera, Kara Lingley and Denise Esserman
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine September 2010, 23 (5) 571-583; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.100047
Anthony J. Viera
MD, MPH
Kara Lingley
BSPH

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Effects of Labeling Patients as Prehypertensive
Anthony J. Viera, Kara Lingley, Denise Esserman
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Sep 2010, 23 (5) 571-583; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.05.100047
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