Hypertension treatment and control in sub-Saharan Africa

BMJ

Volumn 317, Issue 7150, 1998, Pages 76-

  Burdon, Justin ^a   Montgomery, R W ^b   Walker, Richard ^c   Unwin, N ^d   Alberti, K G M M ^e   Cooper, Richard ^f   Muna, Walinjom ^g  

^a Centre Médical Evangelique   (Kenya)

^b St Luke's Medical Centre   (United States)

^c NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS   (United Kingdom)

^f University Medical Center   (United States)

^g Department of Medicine Univ Centre for Health Sciences   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032482699     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7150.76     Document Type: Letter

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