Cancer risk of patients discharged with acute myocardial infarct

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 178-183

  Dreyer, Lene ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarct; Cancer; Cohort study; Gender; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

EID: 0031945250     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199803000-00013     Document Type: Article

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