Venous Thrombosis after Long-haul Flights

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 2759-2764

  Schwarz, Thomas ^a,b   Siegert, Gabriele ^a   Oettler, Wolfram ^a   Halbritter, Kai ^a   Beyer, Jan ^a   Frommhold, Roswitha ^a   Gehrisch, Siegmund ^a   Lenz, Florian ^a   Kuhlisch, Eberhard ^a   Schroeder, Hans Egbert ^a   Schellong, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FOLLOW UP; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRCRAFT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION BIAS; SYNDROME; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0345621487     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.22.2759     Document Type: Article

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