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Blood pressure responses to whole-body cold exposure: effect of metoprolol

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  1. Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, University of Oulu, Oulun yliopisto, Finland

    S Komulainen, H Virokannas & S Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi

  2. Oulu Regional Institute of Occupational Health, Finland

    H Rintamäki

  3. Health Centre of Oulu, Finland

    S Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi

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Komulainen, S., Rintamäki, H., Virokannas, H. et al. Blood pressure responses to whole-body cold exposure: effect of metoprolol. J Hum Hypertens 18, 905–906 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001758

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