Ethics, epidemiology, and law: The case of silicone breast implants

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-489

  Macklin, Ruth ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0033047148     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.89.4.487     Document Type: Short Survey

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