Prevalence of hypertension among federal ministry civil servants in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a call for a workplace-screening program.

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Published in BMC Cardiovasc Disord on July 22, 2015

Authors

Kassawmar Angaw1, Abel Fekadu Dadi2, Kefyalew Addis Alene3

Author Affiliations

1: , Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Kassawmarangaw@gmail.com.
2: Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia. Fekten@yahoo.com.
3: Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia. kefadis@gmail.com.

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