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Cancer following hip and knee arthroplasty: record linkage study

Concerns have been raised that degradation of implants used in hip and knee arthroplasty may lead to an increased risk of some cancers, particularly those of the haematopoietic, lymphatic and urinary systems. We used linked statistical records of hospital admissions and deaths to compare cancer rate...

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Autores principales: Goldacre, M J, Wotton, C J, Seagroatt, V, Yeates, D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2361975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15812477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6602511