Lifestyle risk factors for lower limb venous reflux in the general population: Edinburgh vein study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 846-852

  Fowkes, F G R ^a,b   Lee, A J ^a   Evans, C J ^a   Allan, P L ^b   Bradbury, A W ^c   Ruckleyd, C V ^b  

^a Public Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bowel habit; Diet; Duplex ultrasound; Legs; Obesity; Oral contraceptive; Pregnancy; Venous disease

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIETARY FIBER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LEG VEIN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OBESITY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SITTING; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VARICOSIS; VENOUS REFLUX; WORK;

EDINBURGH; SCOTLAND (LOTHIAN); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034839445     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.4.846     Document Type: Article

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