Obesity and Impaired Venous Function

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 739-744

  van Rij, A M ^a   De Alwis, C S ^a   Jiang, P ^a   Christie, R A ^a   Hill, G B ^a   Dutton, S J ^a   Thomson, I A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Obesity; Physiology; Varicose veins

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS REFLUX;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOOT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VARICOSE VEINS; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 43549113353     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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