Shattuck lecture - Evaluating the health risks of breast implants: The interplay of medical science, the law, and public opinion

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 1513-1518

  Angell, Marcia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; UNITED STATES;

BREAST IMPLANTS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DEVICE APPROVAL; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; SILICONES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029997956     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199606063342306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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