Chemical hair treatments and adverse pregnancy outcome among Black women in Central North Carolina

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 712-716

  Blackmore Prince, Cheryl ^a,b,c   Harlow, Siobán D ^d   Gargiullo, Paul ^e   Lee, Michelle A ^f   Savitz, David A ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c Department of Health   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cosmetics; Hair preparations; Infant, low birth weight; Infant, premature; Pregnancy outcome; Women

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; SKIN IRRITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0033561340     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009879     Document Type: Article

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