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The prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensives living in South African communities

BACKGROUND: In South Africa, over 6 million people are hypertensive and the burden of disease shows that cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death among adults. Although treatments exist, few people comply or adhere to recommended treatment due to side effects or costs of the dru...

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Autores principales:	Hughes, Gail D, Aboyade, Oluwaseyi M, Clark, Bobby L, Puoane, Thandi R
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598715/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23414344 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-13-38

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