Prevalence of elevated blood pressure in children and adolescents in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Background: Despite substantial attention paid to the threat of elevated blood pressure in children and adolescents in high-income countries and the epidemic of hypertension in African adult populations, data on the burden of elevated blood pressure in African children and adolescents have not yet b...

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Main Authors: Dr Jean Jacques Noubiap, MD, Mickael Essouma, MD, Jean Joel Bigna, MD, Ahmadou M Jingi, MD, Leopold N Aminde, MD, Jobert Richie Nansseu, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:The Lancet Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266717301238

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