Pubic hair grooming injuries presenting to U.S. emergency departments

Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1187-1191

  Glass, Allison S ^a   Bagga, Herman S ^a   Tasian, Gregory E ^b   Fisher, Patrick B ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Blaschko, Sarah D ^a   McAninch, Jack W ^a   Breyer, Benjamin N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CELLULITIS; DERMATITIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FOLLICULITIS; FOREIGN BODY; GROOMING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBIC HAIR GROOMING; UROGENITAL TRACT INJURY;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870703887     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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