Shades of grey: To dye or not to dye one's hair in later life

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1011-1026

  Clarke, Laura Hurd ^a   Korotchenko, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ageing; ageism; beauty work; femininity; gender; grey hair; later life; older women

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COLOR; HAIR; PERCEPTION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 77957259478     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X1000036X     Document Type: Article

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