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Antidepressants and Incident Hypertension in Primary Care Patients

Matthew Breeden, Jay Brieler, Joanne Salas and Jeffrey F. Scherrer
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2018, 31 (1) 22-28; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.01.170234
Matthew Breeden
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
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Jay Brieler
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
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Joanne Salas
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
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Jeffrey F. Scherrer
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
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