Journal article
The incidence of venous thromboembolism: a prospective, community‐based study in Perth, Western Australia
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), comprising deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), in a well defined urban community broadly representative of the Australian population in terms of age, sex and ethnic distribution.
DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A prospective, community-based study conducted over a 13-month period from 1 October 2003 to 31 October 2004. People in a population of 151 923 …
Authors
Ho WK; Hankey GJ; Eikelboom JW
Journal
The Medical Journal of Australia, Vol. 189, No. 3, pp. 144–147
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
August 2008
DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01947.x
ISSN
0025-729X