Venous thromboembolism after long flights: Are airlines to blame?

Lancet

Volumn 357, Issue 9267, 2001, Pages 1461-1462

  Hirsh, Jack ^a   O'Donnell, Martin J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAVEL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035849311     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04669-9     Document Type: Note

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