Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of Death: The Changing Mortality in Hospitalized Patients

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 255, Issue 15, 1986, Pages 2039-2042

  Dismuke, S Edwards ^a,b,c   Wagner, Edward H ^b,d  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AUTOPSY; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; MORTALITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0022625887     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1986.03370150081032     Document Type: Article

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