Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms - A controversial proposal;Screening för bukaortaaneurysm - Ett kontroversiellt förslag

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Volumn 100, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 1874-1876

  Frisell, Jan ^a   Nordenström, Jörgen ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY; AORTA RUPTURE; ETHICS; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037484737     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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