1. US Department of Health and Human Services. Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism 2008. Available at: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/deepvein. Accessed April 3 2009.
2. Smoking and Health: A Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service 1964. Publication No. 1103. Washington DC. US Public Health Service Office of the Surgeon General; 1964.
3. American Public Health Association. Deep-vein thrombosis: advancing awareness to protect patient lives: Public Health Leadership Conference On Deep-Vein Thrombosis. White paper presented at: Public Health Leadership Conference on Deep-Vein Thrombosis; February 26 2003; Washington DC. Available at: http://www.apha.org/NR/rdonlyres/A209F84A-7C0E-4761-9ECF-61D22E1E11F7/0/DVT_White_Paper.pdf. Accessed April 3 2009.
4. Trends in the Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
5. A Population-Based Perspective of the Hospital Incidence and Case-Fatality Rates of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism