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Epidemiology and awareness of hypertension in a rural Ugandan community: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is one of the largest causes of preventable morbidity and mortality worldwide. There are few population-based studies on hypertension epidemiology to guide public health strategies in sub-Saharan Africa. Using a community-based strategy that integrated screening for HIV and...

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Autores principales: Kotwani, Prashant, Kwarisiima, Dalsone, Clark, Tamara D, Kabami, Jane, Geng, Elvin H, Jain, Vivek, Chamie, Gabriel, Petersen, Maya L, Thirumurthy, Harsha, Kamya, Moses R, Charlebois, Edwin D, Havlir, Diane V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3890617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24321133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1151