Prevalence of leg ulceration in a London population

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 431-437

  Moffatt, C J ^a   Franks, Peter J ^a   Doherty, D C ^a   Martin, R ^b   Blewett, R ^b   Ross, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEG ULCER; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 3242744481     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hch075     Document Type: Article

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