European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 268-272 , August 2010

Body height and sex-related differences in incidence of venous thromboembolism: A Danish follow-up study

  • Marianne Tang Severinsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg and Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +45 9932 6905; fax: +45 9932 6914.
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  • Søren Paaske Johnsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg and Aarhus, Denmark
    • ,
  • Anne Tjønneland

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • ,
  • Kim Overvad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg and Aarhus, Denmark
    • Department of Cardiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    • Center for Cardiovascular Research, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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  • Claus Dethlefsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    • Center for Cardiovascular Research, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    • ,
  • Søren Risom Kristensen

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cardiovascular Research, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
    • Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Received 19 November 2009 ,Revised 4 January 2010 ,Accepted 25 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.03.013

European Journal of Internal Medicine
Volume 21, Issue 4 , Pages 268-272 , August 2010

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