Lower prevalence than expected when screening 70-year-old men for abdominal aortic aneurysm

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 453-459

  Hager, J ^a   Lanne T ^a   Carlsson, P ^b   Lundgren, F ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Attendance rate; Prevalence; Screening; Swedvasc

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ATTENDANCE RATE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SWEDVASC;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 84884211123     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.07.014     Document Type: Article

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