Characteristics of a population of women with breast implants compared with women seeking other types of plastic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 919-927

  Brinton, Louise A ^a   Brown, S Lori ^b   Colton, Theodore ^b   Burich, Mary Cay ^b   Lubin, Jay ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0034096572     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200003000-00014     Document Type: Article

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