Increased risk of ischaemic heart disease mortality in elderly men using anxiolytics-hypnotics and analgesics : Results of the 10-year follow-up of the prospective population study "Men born in 1914", Malmo, Sweden

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-265

  Merlo, J ^a   Hedblad, B ^a   Ogren M ^a   Ranstam, J ^b   Ostergren P O ^a   Ekedahl, A ^a   Hanson, B S ^a   Isacsson, S O ^a   Liedholm, H ^a   Melander, A ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Network for Pharmacoepidemiology Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adverse drug effect; Analgesics; Anxiolytics hypnotics; Benzodiazepines; Cardiovascular mortality; Cohort study; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHOLESTEROL; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHERMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MYELOMA; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84946396602     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: 14321041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00226325     Document Type: Article

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