The psychic consequences of a reduction mammaplasty

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 530-534

  Goin, Marcia K ^a   Goin, John M ^a   Gianini, Mary H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF ESTEEM;

BODY IMAGE; BREAST; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NIPPLES; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 0017331578     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-197759040-00009     Document Type: Article

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