Comparative study of heavy metals content in cosmetic products of different countries marketed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Arabian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 10-18

  Ullah, Hussain ^a,b   Noreen, Shamsa ^a   Fozia, ^c   Rehman, Ali ^a   Waseem, Amir ^b   Zubair, Shumaila ^b   Adnan, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Ijaz ^a  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrophotometer; Cosmetics; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COMMERCE; COSMETICS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; POLLUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; ZINC;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COSMETIC PRODUCTS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER; HEAVY METAL CONTENTS; HEAVY METALS CONTENT; INTERNATIONAL COMPANY;

COPPER;

EID: 84885071282     PISSN: 18785352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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