Women with Excessive Facial Hair: A Statistical Evaluation and Review of Impact on Quality of Life

Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 157-165

  Housman, Tamara Salam ^a   Derrow, Amy E ^b   Snively, Beverly M ^a   Lahiry, Sonali ^b   Rapp, Stephen R ^a   Hawes, Diane F ^a   Grummer, Sarah E ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^a   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a   McMichael, Amy J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENSTRUATION; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 12144289516     PISSN: 10413766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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