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Blood pressure-measuring devices in rural South Africa: an audit conducted by the SASPI team in the Agincourt field site

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. The Southern Africa Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI) found a high prevalence of stroke in the rural Agincourt subdistrict, Limpopo province. Hypertension is the commonest vascular risk factor in...

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Main Authors: CONNOR, MD, HOPKINS, T, TOLLMAN, SM, THOROGOOD, M, MODI, G
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965368/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17001422
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