Risk of pulmonary embolism and/or deep venous thrombosis in Asian- Americans

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1334-1337

  Klatsky, Arthur L ^a,b   Armstrong, Mary Anne ^b   Poggi, Jacqueline ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0034213127     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(00)00766-9     Document Type: Article

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