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Medical Journals The best articles we have found are listed below. If you have time for only one, we recommend the one by Eklof et al. It presents its own results plus a table recapping the findings of other researchers. To find most of these articles or do research of…
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Physicians: Preventive Measures
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The Aerospace Medical Association published a booklet for physicians in 1997 called Medical Guidelines for Air Travel, covering things a physician would need to know. The booklet can be ordered for $14.50 (plus $3.50 S&H;) from their website at www.asma.org Following is an excerpt used by permission from ASMA editor Pam Day:…
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Incidence
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The Lancet (9/8) published an abstract of Airhealth.org’s analysis of 21 sources of data concluding that, of two million DVT cases and 200,000 PE deaths each year in the US, half are caused by air travel. (Full text below) Subsequent studies have also found large numbers of cases of air…