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The Role of Lifestyle Factors in Controlling Blood Pressure among Hypertensive Patients in Two Health Facilities in Urban Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: Despite efforts to combat hypertension by pharmacotherapy, hypertension control rates remain low. Lifestyle modifications of individuals diagnosed with hypertension have prospects for the prevention and control of hypertension. This study assessed the effect of modifiable lifestyle fac...

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Autores principales:	Modey Amoah, Emefa, Esinam Okai, Darlene, Manu, Adom, Laar, Amos, Akamah, Joseph, Torpey, Kwasi
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7508215/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33005451 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/9379128

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