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Progress in the 1980s and New Directions in the 1990s with Hypertension Management

From the Stepped-Care Approach to the Individualised Programme in Hypertension Treatment and Control

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Pardell, H., Armario, P. & Hernández, R. Progress in the 1980s and New Directions in the 1990s with Hypertension Management. Drugs 43, 1–5 (1992). https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-199243010-00001

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