Colorectal cancer and risk of atrial fibrillation and flutter: A population-based case-control study

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-438

  Erichsen, Rune ^a   Christiansen, Christian Fynbo ^a   Mehnert, Frank ^a   Weiss, Noel Scott ^b   Baron, John Anthony ^c   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial flutter; Case control; Colorectal neoplasm; Fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866525966     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-011-0701-9     Document Type: Article

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