Prevalence of chronic venous insufficiency in the Saudi adult population

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-229

  Bawakid, Khalid O ^a   Al Raddadi, Rajaa M ^a   Sabban, Sameer S ^a   Alturky, Khalid A ^a   Mohamed, Mahmoud S ^a  

^a Directorate of Primary Health Care   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 17144413763     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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