Validation of a questionnaire for measuring morbidity in breast hypertrophy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1108-1114

  Sigurdson, Leif ^a,b   Kirkland, Susan A ^a   Mykhalovskiy, Eric ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SURGEON; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; COST OF ILLNESS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34848881392     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279141.00955.e8     Document Type: Article

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