Title:

Medical World News cover

Creator:

Medical World News

Date:

24 August 1973

Description:

This 1973 issue of Medical World News described hypertension as the "target of the year" and shows the impact of the landmark VA Cooperative Study of Antihypertensive Agents. The National High Blood Pressure Education Program had been established one year earlier, and initiated mass hypertension screening campaigns, as pictured on this cover.

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Companies

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 28

Rights:

Courtesy of Edward D. Freis.

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Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Hypertension

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Target of the Year: Hypertension, 1973

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

XFBBKW

NLM ID:

101584929X162

Profiles Collection:

The Edward D. Freis Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584929X162

Story Section:

The VA Cooperative Study and the Beginning of Routine Hypertension Screening, 1964-1980