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Hypertension Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Adult Hypertensive Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka

OBJECTIVE: Hypertension (HTN) remains a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases globally. Despite considerable improvement in increasing awareness, treatment, and control of HTN, undiagnosed and uncontrolled HTN remains a major public health challenge. Our focus was on studying the knowledge,...

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Autores principales:	Ralapanawa, Udaya, Bopeththa, Kameera, Wickramasurendra, Noorika, Tennakoon, Sampath
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2020
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7596539/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33145107 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4642704

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