Determinants of hypertension among adults in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A matched case–control study

Background: Hypertension has become an epidemic and a global public health challenge resulting in considerable morbidity, mortality, and disability in human beings. There are reports indicating increasing magnitude of hypertension in Ethiopia. Despite this fact, less is known as for the determinants...

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Main Authors: Alemayehu Bekele Mengesha, Susan Benedict, Eva Kantelhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.ijncd.org/article.asp?issn=2468-8827;year=2017;volume=2;issue=2;spage=36;epage=44;aulast=Mengesha