Formaldehyde-releasers in cosmetics: Relationship to formaldehyde contact allergy: Part 2. Patch test relationship to formaldehyde contact allergy, experimental provocation tests, amount of formaldehyde released, and assessment of risk to consumers allergic to formaldehyde

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-31

  De Groot, Anton ^a   White, Ian R ^b   Flyvholm, Mari Ann ^c   Lensen, Gerda ^a   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

2 bromo 2 nitropropane 1,3 diol; 5 bromo 5 nitro 1,3 dioxane; Benzylhemiformal; Cosmetics; Diazolidinyl urea; DMDM hydantoin; Formaldehyde; Imidazolidinyl urea; Preservative; Quaternium 15; Sodium hydroxymethylglycinate

Indexed keywords

BENZYL DERIVATIVE; BENZYLHEMIFORMAL; BRONOPOL; CORTICOSTEROID; COSMETIC; DIAZOLIDINYL UREA; DIMETHYLOLDIMETHYLHYDANTOIN; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; PRESERVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 15; SHAMPOO; SODIUM HYDROXYMETHYLGLYCINATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONSUMER; CONTACT ALLERGY; CREAM; CROSS ALLERGY; DECOMPOSITION; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECZEMA; EUROPE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; PH; PROVOCATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; TEMPERATURE; THREAT; UNITED STATES;

COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIOXANES; EUROPE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; HYDANTOINS; METHANOL; METHENAMINE; METHYL ETHERS; NITROPARAFFINS; PATCH TESTS; PROPANE; RISK; UNITED STATES; UREA;

EID: 74949105473     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01631.x     Document Type: Review

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