Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-342

  Pukkala, Eero ^a,b   Kulmala, Ilona ^b   Hovi, Sirpa Liisa ^c   Hemminki, Elina ^c   Keskimäki, Ilmo ^c   Lipworth, Loren ^d,e   Boice Jr , John D ^d,e   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^d,e  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0141754122     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000080407.97677.A5     Document Type: Review

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