Clinical Research in Aesthetic Surgery

Clinics in Plastic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-273

  Ching, Shim ^a   Rockwell, Gloria ^b   Thoma, Achilleas ^c,d   Antony, Martin M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; BODY IMAGE; BREAST REDUCTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ESTHETIC SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ESTHETICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH DESIGN; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 39449118066     PISSN: 00941298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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