Designing and implementing effective venous thromboembolism prevention protocols: lessons from collaborative efforts.

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Published in J Thromb Thrombolysis on February 01, 2010

Authors

Greg Maynard1, Jason Stein

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103-8485, USA. gmaynard@ucsd.edu

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