Contact Allergy to Preservatives—Is the European Commission a Commendable Risk Manager?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Involvement of the European Commission in the Processes for Risk Assessment and Risk Management
4. Temporal Trend of Contact Allergy to Preservatives
5. Contact Allergy to Methyldibromo Glutaronitrile
6. Contact Allergy to Methylisothiazolinone
7. Summary
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Schwensen, J.F.; Thyssen, J.P. Contact Allergy to Preservatives—Is the European Commission a Commendable Risk Manager? Cosmetics 2016, 3, 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics3030029
Schwensen JF, Thyssen JP. Contact Allergy to Preservatives—Is the European Commission a Commendable Risk Manager? Cosmetics. 2016; 3(3):29. https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics3030029
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchwensen, Jakob Ferløv, and Jacob P. Thyssen. 2016. "Contact Allergy to Preservatives—Is the European Commission a Commendable Risk Manager?" Cosmetics 3, no. 3: 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics3030029
APA StyleSchwensen, J. F., & Thyssen, J. P. (2016). Contact Allergy to Preservatives—Is the European Commission a Commendable Risk Manager? Cosmetics, 3(3), 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/cosmetics3030029