Prevalence of symptomatic and asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease in primary care patients [1] (multiple letters)

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 183-184

  Aboyans, V ^a   Lacroix, P ^a   Laskar, M ^a   Pittrow, David ^b   Allenberg, Jens R ^c   Darius, Harald ^d   Haberl, Roman ^e   Lange, Stefan ^f   Von Stritzky, Berndt ^g   Tepohl, Gerhart ^h   Trampisch, Hans Joachim ^f   Diehm, Curt ^c  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^e City Hospital Munich Harlaching   (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g Sanofi Synthelabo   (Germany)

^h Internist/Vascular Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERY DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LETTER; MASS SCREENING; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2942548001     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.02.002     Document Type: Letter

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