Prevalence of venous leg ulcer: The importance of the data collection method

Phlebolymphology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 143-150

  Nelzen, Olle ^a  

^a SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Data collection; Epidemiology; Leg ulcer; Point prevalence; Prevalence; Review; Venous ulcer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; ULCER; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 56849111644     PISSN: 12860107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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