Hair relaxer misuse: Don't relax

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1154-1155

  Rauch, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LAW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034012484     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.5.1154     Document Type: Article

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