Implementation of the national health service abdominal aortic aneurysm screening program in England

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1440-1445

  Davis, Meryl ^a   Harris, Mike ^b   Earnshaw, Jonothan J ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; ENGLAND; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876420276     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.10.114     Document Type: Article

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