The burden and high prevalence of hypertension in Pakistani adolescents: a meta-analysis of the published studies

Abstract Background Hypertension has been recognized as a global health concern for developing countries and is scarcely described in many of these countries. In Pakistan, few population-based surveys evaluated the prevalence of hypertension and there is no current nationally representative study (t...

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Main Authors: Nabi Shah, Qasim Shah, Abdul Jabbar Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Archives of Public Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13690-018-0265-5