Mass or high-risk screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-42

  Lindholt, J S ^a,c   Henneberg, E W ^a   Fasting, H ^a   Juul, S ^b  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTICLE; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0031025938     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840114     Document Type: Article

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