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Long-haul flights and deep vein thrombosis: a significant risk only when additional factors are also present

  1. Roopen Arya1,
  2. Jules A. Barnes1,
  3. Upal Hossain1,
  4. Raj K. Patel1,
  5. Alexander T. Cohen2

Article first published online: 6 MAR 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.0007-1048.2001.03330.x

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British Journal of Haematology

British Journal of Haematology

Volume 116, Issue 3, pages 653–654, 2002

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Arya, R., Barnes, J. A., Hossain, U., Patel, R. K. and Cohen, A. T. (2002), Long-haul flights and deep vein thrombosis: a significant risk only when additional factors are also present. British Journal of Haematology, 116: 653–654. doi: 10.1046/j.0007-1048.2001.03330.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Haematological Medicine and

  2. 2

    Academic Department of Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, UK

* Dr Roopen Arya, Department of Haematological Medicine, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK. E-mail: roopen.arya@kcl.ac.uk

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 MAR 2002
  2. Article first published online: 6 MAR 2002
  3. Received 14 August 2001;accepted for publication 5 October 2001

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