Hair dye poisoning and the developing world

Hair dye poisoning has been emerging as one of the important causes of intentional self harm in the developing world. Hair dyes contain paraphenylene-diamine and a host of other chemicals that can cause rhabdomyolysis, laryngeal edema, severe metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure. Intervention...

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Main Authors: Sampathkumar Krishnaswamy, Yesudas Sooraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2009;volume=2;issue=2;spage=129;epage=131;aulast=Sampathkumar