Statins on the risk of gastric cancer: A population-based observation in Taiwan

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 147-149

  Lai, Shih Wei ^a,b   Liao, Kuan Fu ^c,d,e   Lin, Chung Yi ^c,d   Lin, Cheng Li ^b,f   Sung, Fung Chang ^b,f  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; ROSUVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

AGED; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TAIWAN; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84872015084     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.341     Document Type: Letter

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