Is screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm bad for your health and well-being?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1069-1075

  Spencer, Carole A ^a   Norman, Paul E ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^a,c   Tuohy, Raywin ^a   Lawrence Brown, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Mount Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Quality of life; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSES;

EID: 10844258804     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03270.x     Document Type: Article

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