Letter from the editor: Thromboembolic disease related to air travel: What you need to know

Seminars in Roentgenology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-2

  Collins, Jannette ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AVIATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VENOUS STASIS; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; TRAVEL;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRAVEL;

EID: 23044483143     PISSN: 0037198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ro.2004.07.001     Document Type: Letter

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