Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms saves lives at a resonable cost;Screening för bukaortaaneurysm räddar liv till rimlig kostnad

Lakartidningen

Volumn 100, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 1886-1891

  Swedenborg, Jesper ^a   Björck, Martin ^b   Wanhainen, Anders ^c   Bergqvist, David ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Kirurgiska Kliniken   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EUROPE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AORTA RUPTURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SWEDEN;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038498541     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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