Air travel and venous thromboembolism

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 403-406

  Mendis, Shanthi ^a   Yach, Derek ^a   Alwan, Ala ^a,b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b World Health Organization ^*

Author keywords

Aircfraft; Causality; Epidemiologic studies; Risk factors; Thromboembolism etiology; Travel; Venous thrombosis etiology

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONSULTATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036259349     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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