Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a nigerian population
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hypertension in iranian urban population, epidemiology, awareness, treatment and control
background : to assess the epidemiological characteristics of hypertensive patients in urban population of yazd, a central city in iran. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted from 2005-2006 and carried out on population aging 20-74 years. it is a part of the phase i of yazd healthy heart program that it is a community interventional study for prevention of cardiovascular disease. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1949-4998,1949-5005
DOI: 10.4236/health.2010.27111