Prevalence of concomitant hypertension and diabetes among adults and elderly living in rural riverside areas in the Amazon

• Main Authors: Jordana Siqueira (Author), Luiza Garnelo (Author), Rosana Cristina Parente (Author), Sully Sampaio (Author), Amandia Sousa (Author), Fernando Herkrath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: James Cook University, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Considering the scarcity of information on the assessment of chronic diseases in traditional Amazonian populations, as well as public health policies focused on their specificities, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of at least one of the chronic diseases (systemic arterial h...