Evaluation of a mobile screening service for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Broken Hill, a remote regional centre in far western NSW

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-77

  Lesjak, Margaret S ^a,b   Flecknoe Brown, Stephen C ^a   Sidford, Jan R ^b   Payne, Kerryn ^c   Fletcher, John P ^d   Lyle, David M ^e  

^a Greater Western Area Health Service   (Australia)

^b Broken Hill Health Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Population; Rural; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77954193205     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2010.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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