Dismal management of hypertension at primary level: does it reflect a failure of patients, a failure of the system or a failure of doctors?
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Dismal management of hypertension at primary level: does it reflect a failure of patients, a failure of the system or a failure of doctors?
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Health practitioners' state of knowledge and challenges to effective management of hypertension at primary level.Cardiovasc J Afr. 2011 Jul-Aug;22(4):186-90. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2010-066. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2011. PMID: 21881683 Free PMC article.
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