Validated questionnaire for the identification of previous personal or familial venous thromboembolism

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1257-1265

  Frezzato, Maurizio ^a   Tosetto, Alberto ^a   Rodeghiero, Francesco ^a  

^a SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

questionnaires; thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029893568     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008713     Document Type: Article

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