The absolute risk of venous thrombosis after air travel: A cohort study of 8,755 employees of international organisations

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1508-1514

  Kuipers, Saskia ^a,b   Cannegieter, Suzanne C ^a   Middeldorp, Saskia ^b   Robyn, Luc ^c   Büller, Harry R ^b   Rosendaal, Frits R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; ADOLESCENT; AIRCRAFT; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME; TRAVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRCRAFT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34848902627     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040290     Document Type: Article

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