No association between statin use and pancreatic cancer risk in Taiwan

Kuwait Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-252

  Lai, Shih Wei ^a,b   Liao, Kuan Fu ^c,d,e   Muo, Chih Hsin ^b,c   Hsieh, Dennis Paul Hsientang ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ALCOHOLISM; CANCER RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GALLSTONE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREATITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84890298054     PISSN: 00235776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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