Interest in cosmetic surgery and body image: Views of men and women across the lifespan

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1407-1415

  Frederick, David A ^a   Lever, Janet ^a   Peplau, Letitia Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIPOSUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34848855485     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279375.26157.64     Document Type: Article

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