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Prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension in estate workers in Malaysia

Chandramouli Annamalai, Chitra Govindaraja, Chanchal Chandramouli

North American Journal of Medical Sciences · 2011 · 10 citations · 13 references

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Abstract

The prevalence of hypertension among the estate population is lower than that of the general population of Malaysia, which can be attributed to their regular physical activity but the awareness, treatment, control and follow-up of patients is disappointingly low.

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