A nationwide population-based cohort study: will anxiety disorders increase subsequent cancer risk?
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate a possible association between malignancy and anxiety disorders (AD) in Taiwan. METHODS: We employed data from the National Health Insurance system of Taiwan. The AD cohort contained 24,066 patients with each patient randomly frequency matched accord...
Main Authors: | Ji-An Liang, Li-Min Sun, Kuan-Pin Su, Shih-Ni Chang, Fung-Chang Sung, Chih-Hsin Muo, Chia-Hung Kao |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338669?pdf=render |
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