Prevalence, Risk Factors, Awareness, and Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Mafia Island, Tanzania

Introduction. The prevalence of hypertension in Africa ranges from 29.7% in Cameroon to 47% in South Africa. Only 10% receive treatment in Cameroon while 32% are on medications in Ghana. Control rates vary from 0.4% to 16.8%. This study was done to assess prevalence, risk factors, awareness, treatme...

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Autores principales: Muhamedhussein, M. S., Nagri, Z. I., Manji, K. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1281384

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971322/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1281384

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