Lead exposure from the use of Lawsonia inermis (Henna) in temporary paint-on-tattooing and hair dying

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 397, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 244-250

  Jallad, Karim N ^a,b   Espada Jallad, Cyntia ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF KUWAIT   (Kuwait)

^b MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Henna; Horsetail; Lawsonia inermis; Lead exposure; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PAINT; PIGMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

HENNA; LAWSONIA INERMIS; LEAD EXPOSURE;

LEAD;

HAIR DYE; HENNA; LEAD;

ANGIOSPERM; CHILD HEALTH; DYE; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHRUB; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; LAWSONIA INERMIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPECTROSCOPY; TATTOOING; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR DYES; HUMANS; LAWSONIA PLANT; LEAD; TATTOOING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EQUISETALES; LAWSONIA INERMIS;

EID: 43049153230     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.055     Document Type: Article

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