Casual blood pressure of adolescents attending public secondary schools in Maiduguri, Nigeria
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Casual blood pressure of adolescents attending public secondary schools in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
INTRODUCTION Although evidence exists that adolescents' hypertension could lead to adults' hypertension, it is a general belief that measures for early detection and treatment of this condition is seldom undertaken especially in medically underserved communities such as Maiduguri, Northeastern Nigeria. This study investigated the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among adolescents in Maidu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Hypertension
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2056-5909
DOI: 10.1186/s40885-015-0026-5