My crown and glory: Community, identity, culture, and Black women’s concerns of hair product-related breast cancer risk

My crown and glory: Community, identity, culture, and Black women’s concerns of hair product-related breast cancer risk

Breast cancer (BC) incidence rates for Black and non-Hispanic White women have recently converged; however, Black women continue to die at higher rates from the disease. Black women also use hair products containing hormonally active chemicals at higher rates than other races and ethnic groups. Stud...

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Main Authors: Dede K. Teteh, Susanne B. Montgomery, Sabine Monice, Laura Stiel, Phyllis Y. Clark, Eudora Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Cogent Arts & Humanities
Subjects:
black women
breast cancer risk
hair product
health
hair and health
community concerns
culture
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2017.1345297

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2017.1345297

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