Cost-effectiveness of noninvasive diagnostic aids in suspected pulmonary embolism

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2309-2316

  Perrier, Arnaud ^a   Busweil, Lorenz ^a   Bounameaux, Henri ^a   Didier, Dominique ^a   Morabia, Alfredo ^a   De Moerloose, Philippe ^a   Slosman, Daniel ^a   Unger, Pierre F ^a   Junod, Alain ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030691181     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.20.2309     Document Type: Article

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