Effects of race and ethnicity on the incidence of venous thromboembolism

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages

  White, Richard H ^a   Keenan, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Disparities; Epidemiology; Pulmonary embolism; Race; Risk factors; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER PATIENT; CAUCASIAN; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 62249164280     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-3848(09)70136-7     Document Type: Article

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