Use of permanent hair dyes and cancer among registered nurses.

A survey of 120 557 married, female, registered U.S. nurses, aged 30 to 55 years, carried out in 1976, showed that 38 459 (31·9%) had at some time used hair dyes, and 3548 (2·9%) had had cancer. For all cancers combined, the risk ratio (R.R.) for the development of cancer among women who had used ha...

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Main Authors: Hennekens, C, Speizer, F, Rosner, B, Bain, C, Belanger, C, Peto, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1979