The increasing growth of plastic surgery lawsuits in Brazil

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 541-542

  Vila Nova Da Silva, Dione Batista ^a   Nahas, Fábio Xerfan ^a   Bussolaro, Rodolpho Alberto ^a   De Brito, Maria José Azevedo ^a   Ferreira, Lydia Masako ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; PLASTIC SURGERY; STATISTICS;

BRAZIL; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 77956232139     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-009-9460-7     Document Type: Letter

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