Quantification of the 5-year incidence of thromboembolic events in U.S. Air Force Academy cadets in comparison to the U.S. Naval and Military Academies

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Smallman, Darlene P ^a   McBratney, Colleen M ^a   Olsen, Cara H ^b   Slogic, Katherine M ^b   Henderson, Chance J ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951527945     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00144     Document Type: Article

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