Parabens: A real hazard or a scare story?

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 723-727

  Castelain, Florence ^a   Castelain, Michel ^b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Contact allergy; Hormones; Oestrogens; Para hydroxybenzoic acid; Parabens

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BUTYL PARABEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ETHYL PARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ABSORPTION;

ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; PARABENS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84877058660     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2012.1835     Document Type: Review

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