Do silicone breast implants cause rheumatologic disorders? A systematic review for a court-appointed national science panel

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2477-2484

  Tugwell, Peter ^a   Wells, George ^a   Peterson, Joan ^b   Welch, Vivian ^b   Page, Jacqueline ^a   Davison, Carolyn ^c   McGowan, Jessie ^b   Ramroth, David ^d   Shea, Beverley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RIGIDITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

BREAST IMPLANTS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SILICONES;

EID: 0035151992     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200111)44:11<2477::AID-ART427>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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