A new method for determining bra size and predicting postaugmentation breast size

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1259-1265

  Fechter, Edward A ^a  

^a University of California Los Angeles ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST IMPLANTATION; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY;

EID: 0031663036     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809040-00056     Document Type: Article

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