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Impact of urbanisation and altitude on the incidence of, and risk factors for, hypertension

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  • Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Robert H Gilman CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA Área de Investigación y Desarrollo, Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Peru PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William Checkley CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Liam Smeeth Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Jaime Miranda CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
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  1. Correspondence to Dr Jaime Miranda, CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Armendariz 497, Miraflores, Lima 18, Peru; Jaime.Miranda{at}upch.pe
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Bernabé-Ortiz A, Carrillo-Larco RM, Gilman RH, et al
Impact of urbanisation and altitude on the incidence of, and risk factors for, hypertension
Heart 2017;103:827-833.

Publication history

  • Received August 15, 2016
  • Revised November 9, 2016
  • Accepted November 16, 2016
  • First published January 23, 2017.
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January 18, 2021

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