Air travel and venous thromboembolism - Is the evidence in?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 828-829

  Ansell, Jack E ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AIRCRAFT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAVEL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035856016     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200109133451110     Document Type: Editorial

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