Epidemiology of chronic venous disease

Phlebology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Robertson, Lindsay ^a   Evans, C ^b   Fowkes, F G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STANDING; ULCER; VARICOSIS; VEIN DISEASE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 49849101359     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2007.007061     Document Type: Review

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