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Thromb Haemost 2002; 87(02): 342
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1612996
Letters to the Editor
Schattauer GmbH

Fatal Pulmonary Embolism Immediately after Transatlantic Air Travel to the United States: Less than One in a Million

Jeffrey A. Kline
1   Dept Emergency Medicine, Carolina Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
,
Melissa Putman
2   University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
,
D. Mark Courtney
3   Division of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA
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Received 12 October 2001

Accepted 15 October 2001

Publication Date:
13 December 2017 (online)

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