Selecting subjects for ultrasonographic screening for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta: Four different strategies

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 682-686

  Pleumeekers, H J C M ^a   Hoes, A W ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Van Urk, H ^a   Van Der Does, E ^a   Grobbee, D E ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Elderly; Risk function; Risk indicators; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032811542     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.4.682     Document Type: Article

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