Self-reported breast implants and connective-tissue diseases in female health professionals: A retrospective cohort study

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 616-621

  Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c   Lee, I Min ^a,c   Cook, Nancy R ^a,b   Hebert, Patricia R ^a   Karlson, Elizabeth W ^a   LaMotte, Fran ^a   Manson, Joann E ^a   Buring, Julie E ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SELF REPORT; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0030031333     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.8.616     Document Type: Article

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