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  1. Medical Department A and Department of Heart Disease, University of Bergen, School of Medicine, Haukeland Hospital, Bergen, Norway

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Lund-Johansen, P. Heretical report on the efficacy of blood pressure treatment in a population setting. Cardiovasc Drug Ther 9, 373–374 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00879025

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