A method for quantification of formaldehyde in the presence of formaldehyde donors in skin-care products

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-28

  Karlberg, Ann Therese ^a   Skare, Lizbet ^a   Lindberg, Ingrid ^b   Nyhammar, Eva ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b National Corporation of Pharmacies   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2 bromo 2 nitropropane 1,3 diol; Bronopol; Closed container difussion (CCD) method; Cream base; Diazolidinyl urea; Formaldehyde; Formaldehyde donors; Germall 115; Germall II; Imidazolidinyl urea; Preservatives; Quantification of free formaldehyde

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; BRONOPOL; COSMETIC; DIAZOLIDINYL UREA; FORMALDEHYDE; GERMALL 115; GLASS FIBER; HYDRAZONE DERIVATIVE; PRESERVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CREAM; DIFFUSION; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTRACTION; FILTER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RELIABILITY; RISK; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN CARE; WORKPLACE;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; EMOLLIENTS; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; METHODS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; SOLUTIONS; UREA;

EID: 0031985715     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05632.x     Document Type: Article

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