pulmonary emboli following oral contraceptive misuse and long air travel
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Acute pulmonary embolism following air travel.
Pulmonary embolism in travellers has been described (Beighton and Richards, 1968; Horsley, Smail and Thould, 1975; Symington and Stack, 1977), but only occasionally has it been associated with travel by air. Increase in air travel, longer flights and the carriage of passengers who are unfit may cause this event, now rare but probably underdiagnosed, to occur more often. Cardiovascular morbidity...
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journal of research in medical sciencesجلد ۱۷، شماره ۹، صفحات ۰-۰
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