Risk of cerebrovascular events in pneumoconiosis patients: A population-based study, 1996-2011

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Chuang, Chieh Sen ^a   Ho, Shang Chang ^b   Lin, Cheng Li ^c,d   Lin, Ming Chia ^e   Kao, Chia Hung ^d,f  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX; TAIWAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STROKE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84962611583     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000002944     Document Type: Article

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