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High Prevalence and Low Awareness of Hypertension in a Market Population in Enugu, Nigeria

Background. A community-based study put the prevalence of hypertension in Nigeria at 32.8%. Market workers in Nigeria lead sedentary life style and often depend on salt-laden fast food while at work. Method. An unselected population of market workers were screened for hypertension and its risk facto...

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Autores principales: Ulasi, Ifeoma I., Ijoma, Chinwuba K., Onwubere, Basden J. C., Arodiwe, Ejikeme, Onodugo, Obinna, Okafor, Christian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3038598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21331378
http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/869675