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Status report on hypertension in Africa - Consultative review for the 6th Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health on NCD's

Hypertension has always been regarded as a disease of affluence but this has changed drastically in the last two decades with average blood pressures now higher in Africa than in Europe and USA and the prevalence increasing among poor sections of society. We have conducted a literature search on Pub...

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Autores principales: van de Vijver, Steven, Akinyi, Hilda, Oti, Samuel, Olajide, Ademola, Agyemang, Charles, Aboderin, Isabella, Kyobutungi, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24570798
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2013.16.38.3100