Air travel and thrombosis

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 690-693

  Giangrande, Plf ^a,b  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AVIATION; BLOOD DISEASE; CAR; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; SYNDROME; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035660178     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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