Pre-hypertension in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.

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Published in BMC Cardiovasc Disord on November 14, 2013

Authors

Fred Nuwaha1, Geofrey Musinguzi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P,O, Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. nuwahaf@yahoo.co.uk.

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