Burn injury, gender and cancer risk: population-based cohort study using data from Scotland and Western Australia

M. Duke, Janine; Bauer, J.; W. Fear, Mark; Rea, Suzanne; M. Wood, Fiona; Boyd, James

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003845

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Burn injury, gender and cancer risk: population-based cohort study using data from Scotland and Western Australia

Published in BMJ Open • Jan 1, 2014

Authors:

Janine M. Duke

J. Bauer

Mark W. Fear

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the risk of cancer and potential gender effects in persons hospitalised with burn injury. DESIGN: Population-based retrospective cohort study using record-linkage systems in Scotland and Western Australia. PARTICIPANTS: Records of 37 890 and 23 450 persons admitted with a b...

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Medicine

Epidemiology

Cohort study

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