The demographics of claudication and the aging of the American population

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-64

  Kannel, William B ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; arterial occlusive disease; intermittent claudication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERY OCCLUSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY BRUIT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLAUDICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 0029930583     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X9600100111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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