Population based randomised controlled trial on impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7477, 2004, Pages 1259-1262

  Norman, Paul E ^a   Jamrozik, Konrad ^b   Lawrence Brown, Michael M ^c   Le, Max T Q ^a   Spencer, Carole A ^a   Tuohy, Raywin J ^a   Parsons, Richard W ^a   Dickinson, James A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Mount Hospital   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 9644303213     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38272.478438.55     Document Type: Article

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