Venous thromboembolism at the national healthcare group, Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 470-477

  Molina, Joseph Antonio D ^a   Gabriel, Zhiwei Jiang ^a   Bee, Hoon Heng ^a   Ong, Benjamin K C ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prevention; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 67649794978     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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