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Blood pressure, diabetes, and increased dietary salt associated with stroke – results from a community-based study in Pakistan

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Funding sources: supported by a grant from the University Research Council, Aga Khan University.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

    T H Jafar

  2. Department of Community Health Sciences, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

    T H Jafar

  3. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Tufts University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    T H Jafar

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Jafar, T. Blood pressure, diabetes, and increased dietary salt associated with stroke – results from a community-based study in Pakistan. J Hum Hypertens 20, 83–85 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jhh.1001929

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