Bigger is not always better: Body image dissatisfaction in breast reduction and breast augmentation patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1956-1963

  Sarwer, David B ^a,b   Bartlett, Scott P ^a   Bucky, Louis P ^a   LaRossa, Don ^a   Low, David W ^a   Pertschuk, Michael J ^a   Wadden, Thomas A ^a   Whitaker, Linton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY;

EID: 0031776714     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199806000-00028     Document Type: Article

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