Antihypertensive Medication: On the Right Path?
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The effects of antihypertensive medications on physical function
OBJECTIVE Limited research has examined the effects of antihypertensive medication use and physical function. These studies provided mixed findings while employing a convenience sample and limiting their examination to few indices of physical function and few classes of antihypertensive medications. The purpose of this study was to examine whether several antihypertensive medication classes wer...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Revista espanola de cardiologia
دوره 68 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015