Epidemiology of chronic venous insufficiency

Angiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 569-576

  De Backer, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0030878479     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979704800703     Document Type: Conference Paper

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