Travel and venous thrombosis: An exercise in thinking about bias

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-213

  Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^a   Cannegieter, Suzanne C ^a   Rosendaal, Frits R ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; HYPOTHESIS; LEG EDEMA; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REYE SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; TRAVEL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 68249087399     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-3-200908040-00130     Document Type: Editorial

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