Hypertension among adults in a deprived urban area of Peru - Undiagnosed and uncontrolled?

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Davies, Alisha R ^a   Miranda, J Jaime ^a,b   Gilman, Robert H ^b,c   Smeeth, Liam ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 77955791197     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-1-2     Document Type: Article

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