Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism Following Prolonged Air Travel: A “Prospective” Study

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 537-544

  Arfvidsson, Berndt ^a   Eklof, bo ^a,b   Kistner, Robert L ^a   Masuda, Elna M ^a   Sato, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MACROSALB TC 99M; UROKINASE; WARFARIN; XENON 133;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RISK FACTOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0032843144     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857449903300514     Document Type: Article

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