Air travel and the risk of thromboembolism

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 113-116

  Gavish, Israel ^a,b   Brenner, Benjamin ^a,c  

^a Thrombosis and Haemostasis Unit Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air travel; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AIRCRAFT; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME; TRAVEL; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AIRCRAFT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLUID THERAPY; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79953027649     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-010-0474-6     Document Type: Review

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