Hypertension in urban slums of southern India: Burden, awareness, health seeking, control and risk factor profile

Introduction: Hypertension is the leading risk factor for global disease burden. Inequalities in health among urban poor and non-poor is a matter of concern. The current study was done to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and to describe the health seeking and risk factor profile of people wit...

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Main Authors: P.S. Rakesh, B.A. Renjini, Sreelakshmi Mohandas, Jaideep Menon, Mathews Numpelil, Aswathy Sreedevi, Beena Vasudevan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483223001025