How well is hypertension managed in the community? A population-based survey in a Brazilian city O manejo da hipertensão arterial sistêmica na comunidade:estudo de base populacional em uma cidade brasileira
There is usually little information available on how well hypertensive individuals are managed at the community level. This survey measured the frequency of hypertension in a medium-sized Brazilian city by studying a cluster sample of 1657 adults aged 20-69 years. The 328 hypertensives (19.8%) answe...
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Language: | English |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
1997-10-01
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Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1997000400003 |