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The burden of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: a four-country cross sectional study

BACKGROUND: Hypertension, the leading single cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, is a growing public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Few studies have estimated and compared the burden of hypertension across different SSA populations. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of blo...

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Autores principales:	Guwatudde, David, Nankya-Mutyoba, Joan, Kalyesubula, Robert, Laurence, Carien, Adebamowo, Clement, Ajayi, IkeOluwapo, Bajunirwe, Francis, Njelekela, Marina, Chiwanga, Faraja S., Reid, Todd, Volmink, Jimmy, Adami, Hans-Olov, Holmes, Michelle D., Dalal, Shona
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4670543/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26637309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2546-z

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