Incidence of acute pulmonary embolism in a general hospital: Relation to age, sex, and race

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 909-913

  Stein, Paul D ^a,b   Huang, Hsiu Ling ^a   Afzal, Adnan ^a   Noor, Hussam A ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032693581     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.4.909     Document Type: Article

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