Socio-demographic caracteristics and prevalence of risk factors in a hypertensive and diabetics population: a cross-sectional study in primary health care in Brazil

• Main Authors: Julio Baldisserotto (Author), Luciane Kopittke (Author), Fulvio Borges Nedel (Author), Silvia Pasa Takeda (Author), Claunara Schilling Mendonça (Author), Sérgio Antonio Sirena (Author), Margarita Silva Diercks (Author), Lena Azeredo de Lima (Author), Belinda Nicolau (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and their related morbidity and mortality, are currently the most common public health problems and also a higher burden of disease in Brazil. They represent a real challenge for primary health care. This study describes the m...