Incidence of idiopathic deep venous thrombosis and secondary thromboembolism among ethnic groups in California

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 737-740

  White, Richard H ^a,b   Zhou, Hong ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ctr Hlth Serv Res in Prim Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0032079551     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-9-199805010-00006     Document Type: Article

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