Regional variation in the incidence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in Sweden

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 647-653

  Hultgren, R ^a,b   Forsberg, J ^b,c   Alfredsson, L ^b   Swedenborg, J ^b   Leander, K ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84859611475     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.8685     Document Type: Article

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