Choosing a first-line drug in the management of elevated blood pressure: What is the evidence? 1: Thiazide diuretics
James M. Wright
CMAJ July 11, 2000 163 (1) 57-60;
vol. 163 no. 1 57-60
Published online July 11, 2000.
Dr. Wright is with the Departments of Medicine and of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
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