What are the symptoms of varicose veins? Edinburgh vein study cross sectional population survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7180, 1999, Pages 353-356

  Bradbury, Andrew ^b   Evans, Christine ^a   Allan, Paul ^b   Lee, Amanda ^a   Ruckley, C Vaughan ^b   Fowkes, F G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SELF REPORT; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRUNK; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0001153981     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7180.353     Document Type: Article

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