Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Primary Health Care and Secondary Referral Medical Outpatient Clinic Settings at Enugu, Southeast Nigeria

Essential hypertension is the most common noncommunicable disease (NCD), affecting more than half the adult population in many countries and being the major NCD contributor to the double burden of disease in developing countries. We undertook a survey of the hypertension awareness, treatment, and co...

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Main Authors: Chioli Chijioke, Raphael Anakwue, Teddy Okolo, Esther Ekwe, Chukwuemeka Eze, Charles Agunyenwa, Nnamdi Nwosu, Christopher Amah, Kenneth Nwadike, Udunma Chijioke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:International Journal of Hypertension
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5628453