title: High blood pressure: the leading global burden of disease risk factor and the need for worldwide prevention programs.
authors.affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bromfield
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muntner
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors
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