Venous thromboembolism in the State of Minas Gerais and its projection to Brazil: Study based in 2,331,353 hospitalisations

International Angiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-196

  De Castro Silva, M ^a,b  

^a Mineira Academy of Medicine   (Brazil)

^b 921 Belo Horizonte 21   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030683686     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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