Frequency of venous thromboembolism in low to moderate risk long distance air travellers: The New Zealand Air Traveller's Thrombosis (NZATT) study

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9401, 2003, Pages 2039-2044

  Hughes, R J ^a,c   Hopkins, R J ^a   Hill, S ^b   Weatherall, M ^b   Van De Water, N ^d   Nowitz, M ^b   Milne, D ^a   Ayling, J ^e   Wilsher, M ^a   Beasley, R ^c,f  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e P3 Research   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 9144252773     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15097-0     Document Type: Article

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