Metal-on-metal hip implants and the risk of cancer

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7870, 2012, Pages

  Rosengren, Bjorn Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; METAL ION; POLYETHYLENE;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; DNA DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METAL ON METAL HIP IMPLANT; MORTALITY; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

EID: 84865210267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e4605     Document Type: Editorial

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