Childhood injuries from artificial nail primer cosmetic products

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-46

  Woolf, Alan ^a   Shaw, Judith ^b  

^a Massachusetts Poison Control Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; METHACRYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DRUG LABELING; EXPOSURE; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031935345     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.1.41     Document Type: Article

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