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Profile of people with hypertension in Nairobi’s slums: a descriptive study

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a rising health burden among the world’s poor with hypertension as the main risk factor. In sub-Saharan Africa, hypertension is increasingly affecting the urban population of which a substantial part lives in slums. This study aims to give insight into the...

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Autores principales:	Hulzebosch, Annelieke, van de Vijver, Steven, Oti, Samuel O., Egondi, Thaddaeus, Kyobutungi, Catherine
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4491223/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26116577 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12992-015-0112-1

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