Carcinogenic potential of silicone breast implants: A connecticut statewide study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 737-749

  Kern, Kenneth A ^a,b   Flannery, John T ^a   Kuehn, Paul G ^a  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SILICONES;

EID: 0030752580     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199709000-00032     Document Type: Article

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