Pulmonary embolism in Black Americans

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 465-466

  Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; PROTHROMBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORTALITY; NOTE; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954898358     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21747     Document Type: Note

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