Hypertension: adherence to treatment in rural Bangladesh--findings from a population-based study.

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Published in Glob Health Action on October 20, 2014

Authors

Masuma Akter Khanam1, Wietze Lindeboom2, Tracey Lynn Perez Koehlmoos2, Dewan Shamsul Alam2, Louis Niessen3, Abul Hasnat Milton4

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Control of Chronic Diseases in Bangladesh, icddr,b, Mohakali, Bangladesh; Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
2: Centre for Control of Chronic Diseases in Bangladesh, icddr,b, Mohakali, Bangladesh.
3: Health Economics, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
4: Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; milton.hasnat@newcastle.edu.au.

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