Impact of hair relaxers in women in Nakuru, Kenya

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 23-25

  Etemesi, Beatrice Amunga ^a  

^a Nakuru Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BURN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HAIR DISCOLORATION; HAIR LOSS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCALP HAIR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALOPECIA; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 35148833686     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.03458.x     Document Type: Article

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