The Burden of Blood-Pressure-Related Cardiovascular Mortality in Mexico

This study shows that in Mexico, a country at an advanced stage in the epidemiologic transition, with the national burden of disease dominated by noncommunicable diseases, elevated blood pressure is a major clinical and public health problem. 31.7% of the Mexican individuals aged 50 and over had sys...

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Main Authors: Cortés-Hernández, Dora E., Lundelin, Krista J., Picazzo-Palencia, Esteban, de la Cruz, Juan J., Sánchez, José J., Banegas, José R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3941157/