Colophony, formaldehyde and mercury in mascaras

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 364-365

  Sainio, Eeva Liisa ^a   Henriks Eckerman, Maj Len ^b   Kanerva, Lasse ^b  

^a National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abietic acid; Allergen replacement; Allergic contact dermatitis; Colophony; Cosmetics; Eyelid dermatitis; Formaldehyde; Mascaras; Mercury; Rosin; Thimerosal

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; FORMALDEHYDE; MERCURY; ROSIN;

ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; EYELID; SKIN ALLERGY;

COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EYELID DISEASES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MERCURY; RESINS, PLANT;

EID: 0030011464     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02225.x     Document Type: Article

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