Anthropometric breast measurement: A study of 385 Turkish female students

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-50

  Avşar, Dilek K ^a   Aygit, Ahmet C ^b   Benlier, Erol ^c   Top, Hüsamettin ^c   Taşkinalp, Oǧuz ^c  

^a ESTE Aesthetic Surgery Center   (Turkey)

^b Istanbul Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

aesthetic surgery; anthropometric measurements; breast; breast volume; reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST ATROPHY; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLAVICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; HUMAN; NIPPLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SHOULDER; STANDING; THORAX; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; STUDENTS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954041322     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X09358078     Document Type: Article

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