
Hypertension Prevalence among Hispanics/Latinos of Dominican Background: A Transnational Comparison of HCHS/SOL and ENPREFAR-HAS-17
By: Luisa Alvarez, Ayana April-Sanders, Priscilla Duran Luciano, Un Jung Lee, Katrina Swett, Cesar Herrera, Donaldo Collado, Robert Kaplan, Franklyn Gonzalez II, Martha Daviglus, Olga Garcia-Bedoya, Tali Elfassy, Neil Schneiderman, Krista Perreira, Gregory A. Talavera, Leonor Corsino and Carlos J. Rodriguez
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1352 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 25, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 8, 2024
Published on: Aug 26, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
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