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The hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease triangle in Arab countries

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  1. Center for Health Outcomes and PharmacoEconomic Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    I Abraham & S Kurdi

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    I Abraham & K MacDonald

  3. College of Pharmacy, University of Dammam, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

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Abraham, I., Kurdi, S. & MacDonald, K. The hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease triangle in Arab countries. J Hum Hypertens 31, 373–375 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2017.16

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