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Scientific Section

A method of assessing facial profile attractiveness and its application in comparing the aesthetic preferences of two samples of South Africans

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Pages 99-106 | Received 09 Jun 2009, Accepted 23 Jan 2011, Published online: 16 Dec 2014

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