Characteristics of patients with venous thromboembolism and atrial fibrillation in Venezuela

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bennett, Dimitri ^a   Abate, Jorge ^b   Abrahamson, Page E ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b Data Management and Biostatistics   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENEZUELA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENEZUELA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957651812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-415     Document Type: Article

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