Severe Pulmonary Embolism Associated with Air Travel
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- 13 September 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 345 (11) , 779-783
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa010378
Abstract
Air travel is believed to be a risk factor for pulmonary embolism, but the relation between pulmonary embolism and distance flown has not been documented. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the duration of air travel is related to the risk of pulmonary embolism.Keywords
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