Prevalence and awareness of hypertension in an urban township of South Africa: Compelling need for action

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-402

  Malhotra, Rahul ^a,b   Puoane, Thandi ^c   Hoyo, Catherine ^a   Hughes, Gail ^d   Østbye, Truls ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 59849095533     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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