Severe pulmonary embolism associated with air travel.

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Published in N Engl J Med on September 13, 2001

Authors

F Lapostolle1, V Surget, S W Borron, M Desmaizières, D Sordelet, C Lapandry, M Cupa, F Adnet

Author Affiliations

1: Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente 93, Hôpital Avicenne, Université Paris XIII, Bobigny, France. frederic.lapostolle@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr

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