Mitigating VTE in soldiers from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

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  • William L Jackson
  • Melanie Guerrero
  • Andrew F Shorr
چکیده

journal.publications.chestnet.org Affi liations: From the Kwong Wah Hospital (Drs Tse and Ng); the Wong Tai Sin Hospital (Drs Wong and Yee); and the Medical Department (Dr Raiteri), Innovation and Medical Sciences, Zambon SpA. Financial/nonfi nancial disclosures: The authors have reported to CHEST the following confl icts of interest: Dr Raiteri was an employee at Zambon SpA during the period of this study. Drs Tse, Wong, Ng, and Yee have reported that no potential confl icts of interest exist with any companies/organizations whose products or services may be discussed in this article . Correspondence to: Hoi Nam Tse, MBChB, FCCP, Medical and Geriatric Department, Kwong Wah Hospital, Waterloo Rd, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong, China; e-mail: [email protected] © 2014 American College of Chest Physicians. Reproduction of this article is prohibited without written permission from the American College of Chest Physicians. See online for more details. DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-2620

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chest

دوره 145 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014