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Pattern of blood pressure distribution and prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension among adults in Northern Ethiopia: disclosing the hidden burden
BACKGROUND: Hypertension is the 3(rd) cause of death accounting for one in eight deaths worldwide. Hypertension was thought to be rare in Africa, but it is now recognized as one of the most important cerebrovascular diseases contributing to about 40% of these diseases in the continent. The aims of t...
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3973867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24592854 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-33 |