What specialties perform the most common outpatient cosmetic procedures in the United States?

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Housman, Tamara Salam ^a   Hancox, John G ^a   Mir, Mohsin R ^a   Camacho, Fabian ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Williford, Phillip M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; FILLER; BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; UNITED STATES; NOTE; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN ABRASION;

EID: 37349128986     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.34000.x     Document Type: Article

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