Blood transfusions and the subsequent risk of cancers in the United States elderly

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2198-2206

  Riedl, Regina ^a   Engels, Eric A ^a   Warren, Joan L ^a   Berghold, Andrea ^a   Ricker, Winnie ^a   Pfeiffer, Ruth M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885844477     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12071     Document Type: Article

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