Seasonal variations in the rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Manfredini, Roberto ^a   Portaluppi, Francesco ^a   Gallerani, Massimo ^b   Tassi, Adriana ^a   Salmi, Raffaella ^b   Zamboni, Paolo ^a   Chierici, Franco ^a   Occhionorelli, Savino ^a   Mascoli, Francesco ^a   Rizzioli, Emanuela ^a   Liboni, Alberto ^a   Donni, Ippolito ^a   Fersini, Carmelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b S ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Environmental factors; Natural history; Rupture; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030907769     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.38.67     Document Type: Article

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