Postoperative venous thromboembolism in Asia: A critical appraisal of its incidence

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 154-158

  Liew, Ngoh Chin ^a   Moissinac, Kevin ^b   Gul, Yunus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b PENANG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PUBLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 0042519645     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60375-4     Document Type: Article

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