Common flaws in pharmacoepidemiologic study design and analysis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 4161-4162

  Lund, Jennifer L ^a   Montomoli, Jonathan ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; FEMALE; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; NOTE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMPLICATION; LIVER NEOPLASMS;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 84891665666     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.5593     Document Type: Letter

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