Original Submissions from The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

Original Submissions from The Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

These are the originally submitted contributions to the first draft of the Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. These sections provide further details and references that may not be available in the final report. Please note that these are first draft submissions and may reflect different views than what was expressed in the final report.

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