Age, body mass index and severity of primary chronic venous disease

Biomedical Papers

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-258

  Musila, Dalibor ^a   Kaletovaa, Marketa ^a   Herman, Jiri ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Age; Body mass index; Chronic venous disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255182720     PISSN: 12138118     EISSN: 18047521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5507/bp.2011.054     Document Type: Article

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