Breast and chest size: Ideals and stereotypes through the 1990s

Sex Roles

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 231-242

  Tantleff Dunn, Stacey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0035413384     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013505928458     Document Type: Article

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