Stressful life events and diffuse unexplained hair loss in women: A case-control study [1]

Dermatology

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-45

  Atefi, Najmossadat ^a   Soltani Arabshahi, Razieh ^a   Afkham Ebrahimi, Azizeh ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hair loss; Stress, psychodermatology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFE EVENT; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; STRESS;

EID: 33745217890     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092838     Document Type: Letter

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