Cancer risk among pacemaker recipients in Denmark, 1982-1996

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 263-270

  Lipworth, Loren ^a,b   Johansen, Christoffer ^c   Arnsbo, Per ^d   Møller, Mogens ^d   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a,b   Olsen, Jorgen H ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Implant; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; PACEMAKERS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CARCINOGENICITY;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SARCOMA; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0242515868     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/jlongtermeffmedimplants.v12.i4.50     Document Type: Article

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