Cosmetic surgery volume and its correlation with the major US stock market indices

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 470-475

  Gordon, Chad R ^a   Pryor, Landon ^a   Afifi, Ahmed M ^a   Benedetto, Paul X ^a   Langevin, C J ^a   Papay, Francis ^a   Yetman, Randall ^a   Zins, James E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast augmentation; cosmetic surgery; forehead lift; future volume prediction; liposuction; major stock indices; rhytidectomy; stock market correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOREHEAD LIFT; HUMAN; LIPOSUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; INVESTMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955030078     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X10372209     Document Type: Article

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