Prevalence estimates for hypertension in Latin America and the Caribbean: are they useful for surveillance?
Objective. To apply a recently proposed model and assessment tool created by the authors for critically evaluating the data available on the prevalence of hypertension in LAC and assessing their usefulness for surveillance. Methods. A bibliographic search to identify all publications that estimated...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2001-10-01
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| Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892001001000002&lng=en&tlng=en |