Prevalence and trends of the abdominal aortic aneurysms epidemic in general population-a meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Li, Xi ^a   Zhao, Ge ^b   Zhang, Jian ^a   Duan, Zhiquan ^a   Xin, Shijie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Chinese People's Liberation Army 463th hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLAUDICATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891378315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081260     Document Type: Article

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