Mortality and suicide among Danish women with cosmetic breast implants

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2450-2455

  Jacobsen, Poul Harboe ^a,b   Hölmich, Lisbet R ^c,d   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^e,f   Johansen, Christoffer ^c   Olsen, Jørgen H ^c,f   Kjøller, Kim ^c   Friis, Søren ^c  

^a Private Hospital Hamlet   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^d GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 10344227720     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.22.2450     Document Type: Article

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