Cardiovascular events in users of sildenafil: results from first phase of prescription event monitoring in England.

نویسندگان

  • S A Shakir
  • L V Wilton
  • A Boshier
  • D Layton
  • E Heeley
چکیده

Health; National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (RO1HL36310), US, NIH; National Institute on Aging (RO1AG13196), US, NIH; Agency for Health Care Policy Research (RO1-HS06516); and the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation Research Networks on Successful Midlife Development and Socioeconomic Status and Health. PM is also supported by the Academy of Finland (grant 48600) and the Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation. MJS is supported by the British Heart Foundation. MGM is a Medical Research Council research professor. GDS was a Wellcome Fellow in Clinical Epidemiology when baseline data for this study were collected. Competing interests: None declared.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ

دوره 322 7287  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001