The impact of breast size on the vertebral column: A radiologic study

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-27

  Findikcioglu, Kemal ^a   Findikcioglu, Fulya ^a   Ozmen, Selahattin ^a   Guclu, Tuba ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Back pain; Breast size; Posture; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SACRUM; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POSTURE;

EID: 33846828795     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-006-0178-5     Document Type: Article

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