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A Formal Risk Assessment of Silicone Breast Implants by Peter C. Gerszten is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Formal Risk Assessment of Silicone Breast Implants about?
In 1992, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that breast implants "lled with silicone gel would be available only through controlled clinical studies despite the fact that they had been used for mammoplasty in millions of women around the world for more than 30 years. The safety of silicone gel breast implants had come into question after several reports on a possible association between the implants and subsequent development of connective-tissue diseases. Risk assessment refers to the systematic, scienti"c characterization of potential adverse e!ects of human exposures to hazardous agents or activities. The following risk assessment is intended to review the current scienti"c evidence for the safety of silicone gel-"lled breast implants since the FDA's decision in 1992. There now appears ample evidence from the scienti"
Who reads A Formal Risk Assessment of Silicone Breast Implants?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Engineering.
- Author
- Peter C. Gerszten
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0142-9612)
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Engineering (Physical Sciences)