Trend of hypertension morbidity and mortality in Tigray Region from 2011 to 2015, Tigray, Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Gerensea, Hadgu ^a   Teklay, Hafte ^a  

^a AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Morbidity; Mortality; Tigray; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY;

EID: 85048190680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3488-1     Document Type: Article

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