Risk factors for chronic venous disease

Phlebology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 416-422

  Vlajinac, H D ^a   Radak, D J ^a,b   Marinkovic J M ^a   Maksimovic M Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Chronic venous disease; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BODY MASS; CHILDBIRTH; CHRONIC VENOUS DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERBIA; SMOKING; VEIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SERBIA; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84873873892     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2011.011091     Document Type: Article

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