Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in the Jeddah Area, Western Saudi Arabia

Vascular

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Zahrani, H A Al ^a   Rawas, M ^a   Maimani, A ^a   Gasab, M ^a   Khail, B Aba al ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

aneurysm; aorta; atherosclerosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING;

EID: 0030064891     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096721099600400117     Document Type: Article

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