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Use of Straighteners and Other Hair Products and Incident Uterine Cancer (2022)

Study of 33,947 Sister Study participants, Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2022.

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Chemical hair straightener the exposure studied, as women reported it Primary record 1 2

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Use of Straighteners and Other Hair Products and Incident Uterine Cancer (abstract), Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 8 Dec 2022. Scholarship & press
The association was stronger when comparing frequent use (>4 times in the past 12 months) vs never use (HR = 2.55, 95% CI = 1.46 to 4.45; Ptrend = .002).
Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Hair straightening chemicals associated with higher uterine cancer risk, Environmental Factor, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1 Nov 2022. Primary record
The researchers found that women who reported frequent use of hair straightening products, defined as more than four times in the previous year, were more than twice as likely to go on to develop uterine cancer compared with those who did not use the products.

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