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Hypertension in the Elderly: Prevalence and Health Seeking Behavior

BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are major contributors of morbidity and mortality in the elderly. Estimating the prevalence of hypertension and studying the health seeking behavior is important. AIM: This study was designed to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and understand the h...

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Autores principales:	Chinnakali, Palanivel, Mohan, Bharathy, Upadhyay, Ravi Prakash, Singh, Arvind Kumar, Srivastava, Rahul, Yadav, Kapil
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23181226 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1947-2714.103314

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