Twenty-year review of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening in men in the county of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-13

  Darwood, Rosie ^a   Earnshaw, Jonothan J ^a   Turton, Glenda ^a   Shaw, Elaine ^a   Whyman, Mark ^b   Poskitt, Keith ^b   Rodd, Caroline ^a   Heather, Brian ^a  

^a GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862981176     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.12.069     Document Type: Article

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