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European Heart Journal 2000 21(20):1635-1638; doi:10.1053/euhj.2000.2227
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There is a non-linear relationship between mortality and blood pressure

S. Porta, A. Garfinkelb and N. Boylec

a Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
b Departments of Medicine (Cardiology) and Physiological Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
c Department of Medicine (Cardiology), University of California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

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