Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 1050-1054 , September 2007

Is it justified to refuse breast reduction to smokers?

Received 28 August 2006 ,Accepted 15 January 2007.

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☆ Work presented at the winter meeting of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, 30 Nov 2005.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00196-9

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.01.073

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 9 , Pages 1050-1054 , September 2007

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