Cancer following hip and knee arthroplasty: Record linkage study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1298-1301

  Goldacre, M J ^a   Wotton, C J ^a   Seagroatt, V ^a   Yeates, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Disease associations; Leukaemia; Lymphoma; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 18044396545     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602511     Document Type: Article

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