The implications of PIP are more than just cosmetic

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9822, 2012, Pages 1180-1181

  Smith, Richard ^a   Lunt, Neil ^b   Hanefeld, Johanna ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL TOURISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLY IMPLANT PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862804445     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60166-4     Document Type: Note

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