The Aneurysm Detection and Management study screening program: Validation cohort and final results

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1425-1430

  Lederle, Frank A ^a   Johnson, Gary R ^b   Wilson, Samuel E ^c   Chute, Edmund P ^a   Hye, Robert J ^d   Makaroun, Michel S ^a   Barone, Gary W ^e   Bandyk, Dennis ^a   Moneta, Gregory L ^f   Makhoul, Raymond G ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vet Aff Coop Studs Prog C   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; SOLDIER;

EID: 19244378927     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.10.1425     Document Type: Article

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