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High prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk factors among medical students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease has become a leading global health challenge representing the largest cause of mortality in adults worldwide. Non communicable diseases are neglected in Uganda over infectious diseases. With increased urbanization, there is likely increase in burden of these NCDs y...

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Autores principales:	Nyombi, Kenneth V., Kizito, Samuel, Mukunya, David, Nabukalu, Angella, Bukama, Martin, Lunyera, Joseph, Asiimwe, Martha, Kimuli, Ivan, Kalyesubula, Robert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4756514/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26887672 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-1924-7

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