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Editorial
. 2019 Mar;82(3):253-254.
doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000001732.

Analysis of US Food and Drug Administration Breast Implant Postapproval Studies Finding an Increased Risk of Diseases and Cancer: Why the Conclusions Are Unreliable

Eric Swanson  1
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Editorial

Analysis of US Food and Drug Administration Breast Implant Postapproval Studies Finding an Increased Risk of Diseases and Cancer: Why the Conclusions Are Unreliable

Eric Swanson. Ann Plast Surg. 2019 Mar.
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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared. E.S. receives royalties from Springer Nature (Cham, Switzerland). The author received no financial support for the research, authorship, and publication of this article.

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