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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...
Autores principales: | Pires, João E, Sebastião, Yuri V, Langa, António J, Nery, Susana V |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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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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