Calcium channel blockers and cancer: a risk analysis using the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD).

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Published in BMJ Open on January 08, 2016

Authors

Lamiae Grimaldi-Bensouda1, Olaf Klungel2, Xavier Kurz3, Mark C H de Groot2, Ana S Maciel Afonso2, Marie L de Bruin2, Robert Reynolds4, Michel Rossignol5

Author Affiliations

1: LA-SER, Paris, France Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), Paris, France.
2: Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
3: European Medicines Agency, London, UK.
4: Pfizer Epidemiology, New York, New York, USA Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
5: Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

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