Skin lightening practices: An epidemiological study of South African women of African and Indian ancestries

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 173, Issue S2, 2015, Pages 2-9

  Dlova, N C ^a   Hamed, S H ^b   Tsoka Gwegweni, J ^c   Grobler, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPIGMENTING AGENT; SUNSCREEN;

ACNE; ADULT; AFRICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOUTH AFRICAN; ADOLESCENT; BLACK PERSON; CLINICAL TRIAL; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BEAUTY CULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN LIGHTENING PREPARATIONS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937942278     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13556     Document Type: Article

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