Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Selected References

Hypertension in the Elderly: Case-Finding and Treatment to Prevent Vascular Disease

Prepared by Christopher Patterson, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Head, Division of Geriatric Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, and Alexander G. Logan, MD, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in January 1994

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