Evidence for harm, comment on 'Use of benzodiazepines or benzodiazepine related drugs and the risk of cancer: A population-based case-control study'

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 186-187

  Kripke, Daniel F ^a   Langer, Robert D ^b,c  

^a SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^b Jackson Hole Center for Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

CANCER RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INDUCED CANCER; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SMOKING; TOBACCO USE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; MALE; NEOPLASM;

BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84902970586     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: 13652125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcp.12265     Document Type: Letter

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