Incidence of pulmonary thromboembolism in Japan

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 439-441

  Kumasaka, Norihisa ^a   Sakuma, Masahito ^a   Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incidence; Prospective study; Pulmonary thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032978044     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.439     Document Type: Article

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