Silicone breast implants: Implications for society and surgeons

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 338-341

  Renwick, Stuart B ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

AUSTRALIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; COURT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LAW SUIT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIETY; SURGEON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029795312     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb124997.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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