Use of preventive measures for air travel-related venous thrombosis in professionals who attend medical conferences

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2373-2376

  Kuipers, S ^a,b   Cannegieter, S C ^a   Middeldorp, S ^b   Rosendaal, F R ^a   Buller H R ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVITAMIN K; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; AVIATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIST; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AIRCRAFT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CONGRESSES; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; GUIDELINES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750036971     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02204.x     Document Type: Article

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