Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms: Single centre randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7494, 2005, Pages 750-752

  Lindholt, Jes S ^a   Juul, Svend ^b   Fasting, Helge ^a   Henneberg, Eskild W ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; ULTRASOUND; AORTA RUPTURE; EMERGENCY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; DENMARK; EMERGENCIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 17144374014     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38369.620162.82     Document Type: Article

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