Uncontrolled Hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Now is the Time to Address a Looming Crisis

Overview

Journal J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)

Specialty Cardiology & Vascular Diseases

Date 2020 Sep 20

PMID 32951284

Citations 15

Authors

Keith C Ferdinand

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