Cardiovaseular risk factors among males with war-related bilateral lower limb amputation

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1108-1112

  Shahriar, S H ^a   Masumi, M ^a   Edjtehadi, F ^b   Soroush, M R ^a   Soveid, M ^b   Mousavi, B ^a  

^a JANBAZAN MEDICAL AND ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER JMERC   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; IRAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTEES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WAR;

EID: 73349085940     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-00-0109     Document Type: Article

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