Cosmetovigilance: Public Health Perspective
A special issue of Cosmetics (ISSN 2079-9284).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 62679
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cosmetovigilance; pharmacovigilance
Interests: topical and transdermal formulations for pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cosmetovigilance is the assemblage of actions correlated with the appraisal, compilation, and scrutinizing of unwanted adverse events reported/observed during or after the normal use of cosmetics. It is simply a term which was introduced in the context of a pharmacovigilance system for cosmetic products and coined in relation to post-marketing surveillance by the industry. The identification of undesirable events from cosmetics is an arduous task, and limited reporting and estimation coupled with the lack of guidelines and standardized reporting forms places the user and healthcare professional in a catch-22 situation. A dearth of information also exists pertaining to safety monitoring-vigilance activities for cosmetics and cosmeceuticals.
This Special Issue calls for the manuscripts that explore areas related to the reporting of adverse effects, the assessment of reporting and validation, benefit–risk assessments, safety alert/recalls, and changes to product information pertaining to cosmetics and cosmeceuticals. We also welcome research pertaining to questionnaire validation in areas of safety, monitoring, and risk–benefit assessment of cosmeceuticals.
Dr. Shazia JamshedDr. Hazrina Hadi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cosmetovigilance
- cosmeceuticals
- safety
- adverse events
- causality assessment
- signal detection
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