Ideal Cardiovascular Health in a Nationally Representative Population-Based Sample of Adults in Malawi

Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer

doi:10.5334/gh.986

Ideal Cardiovascular Health in a Nationally Representative Population-Based Sample of Adults in Malawi

Global Heart

Volume 16 (2021): Issue 1

By: Supa Pengpid and Karl Peltzer

Open Access

|Apr 2021

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