Quality of life in Australian women with female pattern hair loss

Open Dermatology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-94

  Biondo, Sebastiana ^a,b   Sinclair, Rodney ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Department of Dermatology St Vincent's Hospital and the Skin and Cancer Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgenetic alopecia; Health related QOL; Psychological impact

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958236723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874372201004010090     Document Type: Article

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