The Swedish experience of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1164-1165

  Wanhainen, Anders ^a   Bjrck, Martin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SWEDEN;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79953010217     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.10.099     Document Type: Letter

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