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Community change agents and health interventions: Hypertension screening

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  1. University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, Tennessee, USA

    Lynn Artz

  2. Menphis State University, Memphis, USA

    Christine J. Cooke, Andrew Meyers & Susan Stalgaitis

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Artz, L., Cooke, C.J., Meyers, A. et al. Community change agents and health interventions: Hypertension screening. Am J Commun Psychol 9, 361–370 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00896070

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