Self-use of skin-bleaching products among women attending a family medicine clinic: A cross-sectional study
Background: The use of skin-lightening creams is common and widespread in African, Asian, and North American colored no brown to dark. Use of skin-bleaching agents has been reported in Saudi Arabia. The long-term use of these products for several months to years may cause cutaneous or systemic side...
Main Authors: | Zinab A Alatawi, Mohammed ALShahrani |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://www.jddsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2352-2410;year=2020;volume=24;issue=2;spage=125;epage=129;aulast=Alatawi |
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