Prevalence and risk factors of varicose veins in adults;Prevalencia de varices en adultos y factores asociados

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 123, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 647-651

  Ahumada, Miguel ^a,b   Vioque, Jesús ^a,c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c Departamento de Salud Publica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol; Body mass index; Gender; Health Status; Hemorrhoids; Physical activity; Prevalence; Profession; Survey; Tobacco; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; VARICOSIS;

EID: 11144252284     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13068688     Document Type: Article

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