The epidemiological magnitude of white-coat hypertension and masked hypertension in Africa.

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)

Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ⁄IdiPAZ and CIBER in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.

Published: July 2018

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