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Measuring and Managing Blood Pressure in a Primary Care Setting: A Pragmatic Implementation Study

John Doane, Jenni Buu, M. Jason Penrod, Michelle Bischoff, Molly B. Conroy and Barry Stults
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine May 2018, 31 (3) 375-388; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.03.170450

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