Age-specific incidence, risk factors and outcome of acute abdominal aortic aneurysms in a defined population

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 907-915

  Howard, D P J ^a   Banerjee, A ^a,c   Fairhead, J F ^a,b   Handa, A ^b   Silver, L E ^a   Rothwell, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 84931578601     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9838     Document Type: Article

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