Artifact
Chemical hair straightener
Straightening, relaxing and pressing products for hair.
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- Use of Straighteners and Other Hair Products and Incident Uterine Cancer (2022) the exposure studied, as women reported it Primary record 12
Proof 2 sources
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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).
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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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