Selective Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Chronic Diseases in Canada

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 51-54

  Cole, C William ^a   Hill, Gerry B ^b   Millar, Wayne J ^c   Laupacis, Andreas ^d   Johnston, K Wayne ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Aortic aneurysm; Cost benefit analysis; Risk factors; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030090897     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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