Acute pulmonary embolism after an earthquake in Japan

Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 856-860

  Sakuma, Masahito ^a   Nakamura, Mashio ^b   Hanzawa, Kazuhiko ^c   Kobayashi, Takao ^d   Kuroiwa, Masayuki ^e   Nakanishi, Norifumi ^f   Miyahara, Yoshiyuki ^g   Tanabe, Nobuhiro ^h   Yamada, Norikazu ^b   Kuriyama, Takayuki ^h   Kunieda, Takeyoshi ⁱ   Sugimoto, Tsuneaki ^j   Nakano, Takeshi ^b   Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^g NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ Sumida Shuko en Facility   (Japan)

^j The Mutualaid Association of Public School Teachers)   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Earthquake; Economy class syndrome; Gender; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

CAR; EARTHQUAKE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845646837     PISSN: 00946176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-955468     Document Type: Review

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