Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a self-selected sub-Saharan African urban population: a cross-sectional study

Objectives Hypertension has been established as a major public health problem in Africa, but its specific contributions to disease burden are still incompletely understood. We report the prevalence and determinants of hypertension, detection, treatment and control rates among adults in major cities...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ open 2012, Vol.2 (4), p.e001217
Hauptverfasser:	Dzudie, Anastase, Kengne, André Pascal, Muna, Walinjom F T, Ba, Hamadou, Menanga, Alain, Kouam Kouam, Charles, Abah, Joseph, Monkam, Yves, Biholong, Christian, Mintom, Pierre, Kamdem, Félicité, Djomou, Armel, Ndjebet, Jules, Wambo, Cyrille, Luma, Henry, Ngu, Kathleen Blackett, Kingue, Samuel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alcohol Automation Blood pressure Cardiovascular Medicine Chronic illnesses Data collection Data processing Disease Family medical history Health risk assessment Heart failure Hypertension Population Public health
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