Sunscreen update: The controversies, what's safe, what's next

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1451-1454

  Bergstrom, Kendra Gail ^a  

^a Pacific Medical Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4 METHYLBENZYLIDENE)CAMPHOR; 4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; BEMOTRIZINOL; BISOCTRIZOLE; CINNAMIC ACID BENZYL ESTER; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; OXYBENZONE; PALMITIC ACID; RETINOL PALMITATE; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE; BENZOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RETINOL; TITANIUM;

DRUG SAFETY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BENZOPHENONES; HUMANS; NANOPARTICLES; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TITANIUM; VITAMIN A; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79952108930     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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