Mortality from venous thromboembolism in young Swedish women and its relation to pregnancy and use of oral contraceptives - An approach to specifying rates

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 509-516

  Samuelsson, Eva ^a,b,f   Hedenmalm, Karin ^c,d   Persson, Ingemar ^d,e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Krokoms Health Centre   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MEDICAL PRODUCTS AGENCY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f Krokoms Hälsocentral ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causes of death register; Combined oral contraceptives; Mortality; Pregnancy; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFARCTION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PREGNANCY; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TERMINAL DISEASE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 21644484368     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-005-4266-7     Document Type: Article

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