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Behavior upset in hypertensive and normotensive black female caregivers

S J Picot1, C A Genet

  • 1Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4904, USA.

Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners : the International Journal of NPACE
|April 5, 2003
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