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Assessment of Basotho women's perceptions of the health risks associated with skin-lightening in Lesotho using the Health Belief Model
The practice of skin lightening has existed for centuries and is still prevalent today despite globally coordinated legal efforts to ban harmful skin-lightening agents in cosmetic items. Exposure to toxic compounds such as mercury, hydroquinone, and corticosteroids commonly found in skin-lightening...
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Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
2024
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