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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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Autor principal: Mengistu, Mekoya D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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