Potential exposure of German consumers to engineered nanoparticles in cosmetics and personal care products

Nanotoxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-29

  Lorenz, Christiane ^a   Von Goetz, Natalie ^a   Scheringer, Martin ^a   Wormuth, Matthias ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Harlan   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer exposure; cosmetics and personal care products; engineered nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANTIPERSPIRANT AGENT; COSMETIC; NANOPARTICLE; SHAMPOO; SUNSCREEN; TOOTHPASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CREAM; DATA BASE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LOTION; MALE; NANOENGINEERING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COSMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOAPS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS;

EID: 79952844553     PISSN: 17435390     EISSN: 17435404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2010.484554     Document Type: Article

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