Hypertension in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension.

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Published in J Hypertens on June 01, 2014

Authors

Raghupathy Anchala1, Nanda K Kannuri, Hira Pant, Hassan Khan, Oscar H Franco, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Dorairaj Prabhakaran

Author Affiliations

1: aDepartment of Public Health & Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge, UK bPublic Health Foundation of India, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, India cDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands dCentre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi, India.

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