Modern concepts of beauty

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-300

  Adamson, Peter A ^a,b   Doud Galli, Suzanne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Adamson Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ESTHETICS; FACE SURGERY; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; PHILOSOPHY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BEAUTY; BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0038486714     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200308000-00014     Document Type: Review

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