Excess risk of cancer in patients with primary venous thromboembolism: A national, population-based cohort study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-95

  Murchison, J T ^a   Wylie, L ^a   Stockton, D L ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Record linkage; Risk; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OVARY TUMOR; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCOTLAND; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 3342952201     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601964     Document Type: Article

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