Contact allergy to the 26 specific fragrance ingredients to be declared on cosmetic products in accordance with the EU cosmetics directive

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 266-275

  Heisterberg, Maria V ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; clinical relevance; cosmetics directive; Evernia furfuracea; fragrance mix I; fragrance mix II; fragrances

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA ISOMETHYL IONONE; BENZYL ALCOHOL; BENZYL BENZOATE; BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL; CITRAL; CITRONELLOL; COSMETIC; COUMARIN; EUGENOL; FARNESOL; GERANIOL; HYDROXYCITRONELLAL; HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3 CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE; IONONE DERIVATIVE; ISOEUGENOL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; METHYL 2 OCTYNOATE; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPIONALDEHYDE; SALICYLIC ACID BENZYL ESTER; SORBITAN SESQUIOLEATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; ECZEMA; EVERNIA FURFURACEA; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAGRANCE ALLERGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSS; MYROXYLON; MYROXYLON PEREIRAE; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; ALDEHYDES; ALLERGENS; ASCOMYCOTA; COSMETICS; CYCLOHEXENES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80054073270     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01962.x     Document Type: Article

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