Blood Pressure Control and Anthropometric Differences in Afro-Descendants and Other Ethnic Groups in Hypertensive Brazilian Populations
By: Maicon Borges Euzébio, Priscila Valverde de Oliveira Vitorino, Andréa Araújo Brandão, Eduardo Costa Duarte Barbosa, Audes Diógenes M. Feitosa, Marcus Vinícius Bolivar Malachias, Marco Mota Gomes, Celso Amodeo, Rui Manoel dos Santos Póvoa, Renato Delascio Lopes, Paulo César Brandão Veiga Jardim, Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, Ana Carolina Arantes, Antonio Coca and Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso
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