Total and cause specific mortality among Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants: Prospective study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7388, 2003, Pages 527-528

  Koot, V C M ^a,c   Peeters, P H M ^a   Granath, F ^b   Grobbee, D E ^a   Nyren, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037426038     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7388.527     Document Type: Article

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