Attitudes toward cosmetic surgery in middle-aged women: Body image, aging anxiety, and the media

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-74

  Slevec, Julie ^a   Tiggemann, Marika ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 77952936501     PISSN: 03616843     EISSN: 14716402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.2009.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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