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Why is control of hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa poor?
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in 2010, hypertension (defined as systolic blood pressure ≥ 115 mmHg) was the leading cause of death, increasing 67% since 1990. It was also the sixth leading cause of disability, contributing more than 11 million adjusted life years. In SSA, stroke was the main outcome o...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Clinics Cardive Publishing
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26407222 http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-065 |