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Prevalence of Hypertension in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Community-Based Screening Study

OBJECTIVE: Prevalence of hypertension is on the rise and can be attributed to aging populations and changing behavioral or lifestyle risk factors. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, and risk factors of hypertension in the middle part of Ghan...

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Autores principales:	Dosoo, David Kwame, Nyame, Solomon, Enuameh, Yeetey, Ayetey, Harold, Danwonno, Harry, Twumasi, Mieks, Tabiri, Cephas, Gyaase, Stephaney, Lip, Gregory Y. H., Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Asante, Kwaku Poku
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6800906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31687204 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1089578

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