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Hypertension and prehypertension among adolescents attending secondary schools in urban area of South-East, Nigeria
INTRODUCTION: in the past, the need for regular blood pressure screening in children was doubtful, and the main reason against it is that hypertension is an adult illness and there is no evidence that screening healthy children for hypertension was worthwhile. We did this study to determine the prev...
Autores principales: | Ezeudu, Chijioke Elias, Chukwuka, John Onuora, Ebenebe, Joy Chinelo, Igwe, Wilson Chukwuneke, Egbuonu, Ifeoma |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The African Field Epidemiology Network
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6462383/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31037205 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.145.15994 |
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