[Acute intoxication by cosmetics].
Intoxications due to cosmetics are of various types, but certain substances may be particularly harmful, especially when the constituants include acetone, boric acid and borates, ethyl alcohol, bromates, formol, methyl alcohol, propylene glycol, thallium, thioglycolate.. Every cosmetic substance may induce accidental intoxications. Most often, fluid cosmetics are absorbed either by children or by feeble-minded subjects. In all intoxication, one must take account of the age and weight of the patient, of the quantity absorbed, of the toxicity and of the constituants of the substance.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000506:poisoning*; D003802:Dentifrices / Q000506:poisoning; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009824:Ointments / Q000506:poisoning; D010476:Perfume / Q000506:poisoning; D011039:Poison Control Centers
D003358:Cosmetics; D003802:Dentifrices; D009824:Ointments; D010476:Perfume
Les intoxications aiguës par les cosmétiques