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The questionable use of antihypertensive drugs in the Italian Liguria Region in the year 2003

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology Unit, University of Genoa, Viale Benedetto XV 2, I-16132, Genoa, Italy

    Luigi Robbiano, Antonietta Martelli & Giovanni Brambilla

  2. Di.M.I. – Sezione di Farmacologia Università di Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, 2, I-16132, Genova, Italy

    Giovanni Brambilla

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Robbiano, L., Martelli, A. & Brambilla, G. The questionable use of antihypertensive drugs in the Italian Liguria Region in the year 2003. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 61, 319–320 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-005-0923-8

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