Final report on the safety assessment of Polyethylene

International Journal of Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 115-127

  McLain, Valerie C ^a  

^a Cosmetic Ingredient Review ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COSMETIC; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HEXANE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; PROPYLENE; SUNSCREEN;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CATALYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CROSS LINKING; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; EYE IRRITATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LD 50; MACROPHAGE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OSTEOBLAST; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SKIN IRRITATION; SOLID STATE; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COSMETICS; HUMANS; POLYETHYLENE; TOXICITY TESTS;

ARACHIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 33847739418     PISSN: 10915818     EISSN: 1092874X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10915810601163962     Document Type: Review

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