Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Comparing studies for cost effectiveness of screening

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7715, 2009, Pages 254-

  Thompson, Simon ^a   Kim, Lois ^b   Gao, Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 68149083188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3044     Document Type: Letter

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