The last (Randomized) word on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1767-1768

  Lederle, Frank A ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NOTE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; MASS SCREENING;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 85011298735     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.6663     Document Type: Note

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