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Original Articles: Clinical

Concomitant and antecedent deep venous thrombosis and cancer survival in male US veterans

Lesley A. AndersonCentre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
,
Steven C. MooreDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
,
Gloria GridleyDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
,
B. J. StoneDivision of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Ola LandgrenCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 764-770 | Received 31 Oct 2010, Accepted 25 Dec 2010, Published online: 27 Jan 2011

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