The use of topical bleaching agents among women: A cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitude and practices

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1214-1219

  Alghamdi, K M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

attitudes; bleaching agents; de pigmentation; knowledge; misuse; overuse; practices

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROQUINONE; MERCURY; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEACHING; BURN; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CREAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG COST; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DRY SKIN; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; LACTATION; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OCHRONOSIS; PEDICULOSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RAT; RISK; SAUDI ARABIA; SCABIES; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TELANGIECTASIA; THYROID DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEACHING AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELANGIECTASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956319769     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03629.x     Document Type: Article

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