Psychological issues in cosmetic surgery: A functional overview

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-96

  Hasan, Jafar S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 0033958560     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044010-00017     Document Type: Review

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