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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 153, No. 7 : 715-716
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

BOOK REVIEW

Handbook of Hypertension. Volume 20. Epidemiology of Hypertension. Edited by C. J. Bulpitt.

Steven Shea

Division of General Medicine Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, NY

The epidemiology of hypertension, in terms both of its importance as a risk factor for cardiovascular and other diseases and of its own etiology, continues to be a major field of investigation with an enormous peer-reviewed literature each year. As stated by Paul Elliot in the opening sentence of this book, "Raised blood pressure is one of the most important underlying risk factors for morbidity and mortality in the world today, ranking alongside tobacco in estimates of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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