Prevalence of varicose veins in an Italian elderly population

Angiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-135

  Canonico, Silvestro ^a,b   Gallo, Giro ^a,c   Paolisso, Giuseppe ^a,d   Pacifico, Fabio ^a,b   Signoriello, Giuseppe ^a,c   Sciaudone, Guido ^a,b   Ferrara, Nicola ^a,e   Piegari, Vittorio ^a,b   Varricchio, Michele ^a,d   Rengo, Franco ^a,e  

^a Department of Geriatric Surgery ^*  (Italy)

^b Institute of General Surgery   (Italy)

^c Institute of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCLEROTHERAPY; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0031913830     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900205     Document Type: Article

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