Is there a hypercoagulable state in military fighter pilots?

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 568-571

  Biondi, Giovanni ^a,d   Farrace, Stefano ^b   Mameli, Giulia ^a   Marongiu, Francesco ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Divisione Aerea Studi Ricerche e Sperimentazioni   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Medicina Interna   (Italy)

^d Air Weapons Training Installation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; PLASMIN; THROMBIN;

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD COAGULATION; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030006709     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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