Skin diseases associated with the cosmetic use of bleaching products in women from Dakar, Senegal

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-500

  Mahe A ^a,d   Ly, F ^a   Aymard, G ^b   Dangou, J M ^c  

^a Institut dHygiene Sociale Dakar   (Senegal)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE DAKAR   (Senegal)

^d NONE   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Dermatophyte infections; Glucocorticoids; Hydroquinone; Scabies; Senegal; Skin bleaching products

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; COSMETIC; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROQUINONE; STEROID;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMATOPHYTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCHRONOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCABIES; SENEGAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRIA;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAUSTICS; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DERMATOMYCOSES; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SCABIES; SENEGAL; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0037365911     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05161.x     Document Type: Article

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