Predictors of return to work following carotid endarterectomy

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1111-1114

  Vohra, R S ^a   Coughlin, P A ^a   McShane, P ^b   Bains, M ^a   Laughlan, K A ^a   Gough, M J ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENSIONER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF EMPLOYMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 50249094548     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6247     Document Type: Article

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