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Hair relaxers do not increase risk
05-17-2007 · EurekAlert!According to researchers at Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, hair relaxers are not associated with increased risk of breast cancer in black women. The findings will be published in the May issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention.
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