Cancer risk among patients with finger and hand joint and temporo- mandibular joint prostheses in Denmark

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 723-725

  Fryzek, Jon P ^a   Mellemkjaer, Lene ^b   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a   Blot, William J ^a   Olsen, Jorgen H ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HAND PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

EID: 0032952691     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990531)81:5<723::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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