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 Elia, Lundelin, Krista J., Picazzo Palencia, Esteban, Cruz, Juan J. de la, Sánchez, José J., Banegas, José R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.uanl.mx/15233/1/333.pdf