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SUBMITTER: Xu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4864613 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Zhijue Z Wang Zongxiu Z Yuan Chao C Liu Xiaoping X Yang Fang F Wang Ting T Wang Junling J Manabe Kenji K Qin Ou O Wang Xuemin X Zhang Yan Y Zhang Menghui M
Scientific reports 20160512
Dandruff is an unpleasant scalp disorder common to human populations. In this study, we systematically investigated the intra- and inter-associations among dandruff, physiological conditions such as sebum of the scalp, host demographics such as gender, age and the region of the scalp, and the microorganisms on the scalp. We found that the physiological conditions were highly relevant to the host age and varied in different regions of the same scalp. The sebum quantity and water content were nega ...[more]