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Rural-urban variation in hypertension among women in Ghana: insights from a national survey

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is one of the leading causes of cardiovascular morbidities in Ghana and represents a major public health concern. There is dearth of information on the rural-urban disparity in hypertension among women in Ghana. Therefore, this study aimed at examining the rural-urban variat...

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Autores principales:	Appiah, Francis, Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena, Oduro, Joseph Kojo, Baatiema, Linus, Sambah, Francis, Seidu, Abdul-Aziz, Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku, Budu, Eugene
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34819048 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12204-7

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