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Quality of information for women seeking breast augmentation in the Internet

Adrian Fernando PalmaDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland; Correspondence[email protected]
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Grzegorz ZukDepartment of Surgery, Citizens Hospital Solothurn, Switzerland;
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Dimitri Aristotle RaptisDepartment of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland and Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Olten, Switzerland;
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Sophia FranckDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland;
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Gertraud EylertDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland;
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Florian Samuel FruehDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland;
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Merlin GuggenheimDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland;
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Maziar ShafighiDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
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Pages 262-271 | Received 24 Jun 2015, Accepted 24 Jan 2016, Published online: 17 Mar 2016

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