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A community-based intervention for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi: the SCALE UP study protocol for a prospective quasi-experimental community-based trial

BACKGROUND: The burden of cardiovascular disease is rising in sub-Saharan Africa with hypertension being the main risk factor. However, context-specific evidence on effective interventions for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in resource-poor settings is limited. This study aims to eval...

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Autores principales: Oti, Samuel O, van de Vijver, Steven JM, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Gomez, Gabriela B, Agyemang, Charles, Moll van Charante, Eric P, Brewster, Lizzy M, Hendriks, Marleen E, Schultsz, Constance, Ettarh, Remare, Ezeh, Alex, Lange, Joep
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/PMC4220814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24289751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-409