EU legislations affecting safety data availability of cosmetic ingredients

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-315

  Pauwels, Marleen ^a   Rogiers, Vera ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cosmetics; Dangerous substances; EU legislation; Hazard (identification); Regulatory toxicology; Risk assessment; Safety evaluation; Toxicological data

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ARTICLE; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH HAZARD; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; COSMETICS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; TOXICITY TESTS; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36048943289     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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