Changes of biochemical markers and functional tests for clot formation during long-haul flights

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-24

  Schobersberger, Wolfgang ^a,b   Fries, Dietmar ^a   Mittermayr, Markus ^a   Innerhofer, Petra ^a   Sumann, Guenther ^a   Schobersberger, Beatrix ^b   Klingler, Anton ^a   Stöllnberger, Viktor ^c   Fischbach, Uwe ^d   Gunga, Hanns Christian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Res Inst for Leisure/Travel Med   (Austria)

^c Mobile Intensivmedizin   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Economy class syndrome; Fibrinolysis; Thrombelastography; Travel thrombosis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; MOLECULAR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD CLOTTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLIGHT; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0036825734     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(02)00347-X     Document Type: Article

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