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When should hypertension be treated? The different perspectives of Canadian family physicians and patients
Finlay A. McAlister, Annette M. O'Connor, George Wells, Steven A. Grover and Andreas Laupacis
CMAJ August 22, 2000 163 (4) 403-408;
Finlay A. McAlister
From *the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; †the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Loeb Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.; ‡the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; and §the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, The Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
Annette M. O'Connor
From *the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; †the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Loeb Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.; ‡the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; and §the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, The Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
George Wells
From *the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; †the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Loeb Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.; ‡the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; and §the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, The Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
Steven A. Grover
From *the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; †the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Loeb Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.; ‡the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; and §the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, The Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
Andreas Laupacis
From *the Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.; †the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Loeb Health Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.; ‡the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; and §the Division of Clinical Epidemiology, The Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Que.
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