Hypertension in Older Women: The Biggest Challenge for Cardiovascular Health in an Aged Society

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Kwang-il Kim (Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine)

This work was supported by the research grant of Korea National Institute of Health (grant number: 2021-ER0901, 2021-2023).

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