Venothrombotic Events: Evidence-Based Risk Assessment, Prophylaxis, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 325-333

  McCaffrey, Ruth ^a   Blum, Cindy ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

deep vein thrombosis; pulmonary embolism; venothrombotic event

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449128549     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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