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Population awareness of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors in Buea, Cameroon

BACKGROUND: Adequate awareness of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and their risk factors may help reduce the population’s exposure to modifiable risk factors and thereby contribute to prevention and control strategies. There is limited data on knowledge among the general population in sub-Saharan Afri...

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Autores principales:	Aminde, Leopold Ndemnge, Takah, Noah, Ngwasiri, Calypse, Noubiap, Jean Jacques, Tindong, Maxime, Dzudie, Anastase, Veerman, J. Lennert
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460458/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28583117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4477-3

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