Women who wish breast reconstruction: Characteristics, fears, and hopes

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1051-1056

  Keith, David J W ^a   Walker, Mary B ^a   Walker, Leslie G ^a   Heys, Steven D ^a   Sarkar, Tarun K ^a   Hutcheon, Andrew W ^a   Eremin, Oleg ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MASTECTOMY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037333514     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000046247.56810.40     Document Type: Article

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