Risk of venous thromboembolism in first- and second-generation immigrants in Sweden

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-47

  Zöller, Bengt ^a   Li, Xinjun ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b   Sundquist, Kristina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnic groups; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRAN; IRAQ; ITALY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPAIN; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SWEDEN; TIME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 83555164921     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: 18790828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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