A survey of use of hormone/placenta-containing hair preparations by parents and/or children attending pediatric clinics

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 252-256

  Tiwary, Chandra M ^a,b  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; HORMONE; PLACENTA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEGRO; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0030947923     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.4.252     Document Type: Article

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