Prescription use of paracetamol and risk for ovarian cancer in Denmark

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Baandrup, Louise ^a   Friis, Soren ^a   Dehlendorff, Christian ^a   Andersen, Klaus K ^a   Olsen, Jorgen H ^b   Kjaer, Susanne K ^a,b  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CARCINOMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OVARY TUMOR; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GLANDULAR AND EPITHELIAL; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 84903816996     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/dju111     Document Type: Article

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