Secular trends in occurrence of acute venous thromboembolism: The worcester VTE study (1985-2009)

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 829-839.e5

  Huang, Wei ^a   Goldberg, Robert J ^a   Anderson, Frederick A ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^a   Spencer, Frederick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Incidence; Outcomes research; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; LOWER EXTREMITY DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

INCIDENCE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84908164251     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.03.041     Document Type: Article

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