Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 1039-1044 , September 2007

Bilateral breast reduction surgery in England: a postcode lottery

Received 16 January 2007 ,Accepted 6 March 2007.

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☆ This paper was presented at the Winter Meeting of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London on 8 December 2006.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00177-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.03.002

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 1039-1044 , September 2007

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