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. 1990 Jun 15;142(12):1397–1409.

Recommendations of the Canadian Consensus Conference on Non-Pharmacological Approaches to the Management of High Blood Pressure, Mar. 21-23, 1989, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

A Chockalingam 1, D Abbott 1, M Bass 1, R Battista 1, R Cameron 1, J de Champlain 1, C E Evans 1, J Laidlaw 1, B L Lee 1, L Leiter 1, et al.
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