Mortality in Swedish women with cosmetic breast implants : Body dysmorphic disorder should be considered

BMJ

Volumn 326, Issue 7401, 2003, Pages 1266-1267

  Klesmer, Jordan ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC PAIN; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037495988     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.326.7401.1266-b     Document Type: Letter

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