Do varicose veins affect quality of life? Results of an international population-based study

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 641-648

  Kurz, Xavier ^a,f   Lamping, Donna L ^b   Kahn, Susan R ^c   Baccaglini, Ugo ^d   Zuccarelli, François ^e   Spreafico, Giorgio ^d   Abenhaim, Lucien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Hospital St Michel   (France)

^f NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LEG ULCER; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSIS; WOUND HEALING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDEMA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VARICOSE VEINS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035489185     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.117333     Document Type: Article

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