Do all hypnotics and sedatives have risk for cancer?

Usman Iqbal; Wen Shan Jian; Chih Wei Huang; Arslan Inayat; Yu Chuan Jack Li

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2015.07.010

Do all hypnotics and sedatives have risk for cancer?

Usman Iqbal, Wen Shan Jian, Chih Wei Huang, Arslan Inayat, Yu Chuan Jack Li^*

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Abstract

To the Editor:
We read with interest the recently published study by Sivertsen et al. [1] about the sleep medications use and cancer risk. We were interested to see whether European population results would be generalizable to Asian population.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	170-170
Number of pages	1
Journal	Sleep Medicine
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2015.07.010
Publication status	Published - Apr 2016
Externally published	Yes

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title = "Do all hypnotics and sedatives have risk for cancer?",

abstract = "To the Editor:We read with interest the recently published study by Sivertsen et al. [1] about the sleep medications use and cancer risk. We were interested to see whether European population results would be generalizable to Asian population.",

author = "Usman Iqbal and Jian, {Wen Shan} and Huang, {Chih Wei} and Arslan Inayat and Li, {Yu Chuan Jack}",

year = "2016",

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