The safety of hydroquinone [1]

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-169

  Nordlund, James ^a   Grimes, Pearl ^b   Ortonne, Jean Paul ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZENE; HYDROQUINONE DERIVATIVE;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; DEATH; DERMATOLOGY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENOTOXICITY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LETTER; LEUKEMIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NAIL DISEASE; OCHRONOSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; TOXICOKINETICS; NEOPLASM; NOTE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745232520     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2006.00244.x     Document Type: Letter

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