Hypertension in Northern Angola: prevalence, associated factors, awareness, treatment and control

BACKGROUND: Seventy-five million people are estimated to be hypertensive in sub-Saharan Africa. This translates in high morbidity and mortality, as hypertension is now considered to be the number one single risk factor for death worldwide. Accurate data from countries lacking national disease survei...

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Autores principales: Pires, João E, Sebastião, Yuri V, Langa, António J, Nery, Susana V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23363805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-90

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23363805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-90

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