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A cross-sectional study on peripheral arterial disease in a district of Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors

BACKGROUND: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a slowly progressive atherosclerotic disease affecting vital organs of the body, is increasingly recognized as a health burden worldwide. Epidemiological information on peripheral arterial disease is scarce in Sri Lanka. The present study intended to es...

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Autores principales:	Weragoda, Janaka, Seneviratne, Rohini, Weerasinghe, Manuj C., Wijeyaratne, Mandika, Samaranayaka, Anil
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4551761/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26316186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2174-7

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