Risk of Cancer in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Ning Hung; Cheng-Che Shen; Yu-Wen Hu; Li-Yu Hu; Chiu-Mei Yeh; Chung-Jen Teng; Ai-Seon Kuan; San-Chi Chen; Tzeng-Ji Chen; Chia-Jen Liu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119647

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Risk of Cancer in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Ning Hung ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ning Hung, Cheng-Che Shen

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Cheng-Che Shen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Ning Hung, Cheng-Che Shen

Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Psychiatry, Chiayi Branch, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
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Yu-Wen Hu,

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of information magagement, National Chung-Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Li-Yu Hu,

Affiliation Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chiu-Mei Yeh,

Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chung-Jen Teng,

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Ai-Seon Kuan,

Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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San-Chi Chen,

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Tzeng-Ji Chen,

Affiliations Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chia-Jen Liu

* E-mail: pures1000@yahoo.com.tw

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Risk of Cancer in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Ning Hung,
Cheng-Che Shen,
Yu-Wen Hu,
Li-Yu Hu,
Chiu-Mei Yeh,
Chung-Jen Teng,
Ai-Seon Kuan,
San-Chi Chen,
Tzeng-Ji Chen,
Chia-Jen Liu

Published: March 17, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119647

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