Prevalence and determinants of hypertension among urban slum dwellers in Bangladesh

Abstract Background In low- and middle- income countries such as Bangladesh, urban slum dwellers are particualry vulnerable to hypertension due to inadequate facilities for screening and management, as well as inadequate health literacy among them. However, there is scarcity of evidence on hypertens...

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Main Authors: Sabuj Kanti Mistry, Md. Belal Hossain, Mahmood Parvez, Rajat Das Gupta, Amit Arora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-11-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14456-3