Difficulties in avoiding exposure to allergens in cosmetics

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-109

  Noiesen, Eline ^a,b   Munk, Martin D ^c   Larsen, Kristian ^b   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a   Agner, Tove ^a,d  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Consumer products; Ingredient labelling

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 2 BROMOMETHYLGLUTARONITRILE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ALLERGEN; BALSAM PERU; COSMETIC; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; PRESERVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 15;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG LABELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447316969     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01170.x     Document Type: Article

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