Cosmetics preservation: sense and nonsense

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 551-552

  Epstein, Howard ^a  

^a Kao Brands Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BRONOPOL; COSMETIC; DIAZOLIDINYL UREA; FORMALDEHYDE; GERMALL 115; HYDANTOIN; PRESERVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 15;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; COSMETIC PRESERVATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SAFETY;

COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY;

EID: 33751021998     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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