title: [Analysis on the dermal irritation caused by imported cosmetics].
abstract: Dermal irritation tests on 902 kinds of cosmetics were conducted. The acute dermal irritation/corrosion tests for 175 samples showed no irritation in 65.1% of them, and 34.9% of them were considered as slight irritation. The chronic dermal irritation/corrosion tests for another 727 samples showed no irritation for 32.2% of them, and 67.8% of them were considered as slight irritation, most of which are lipsticks, eye shadows, fluid powder foundations and powder foundations.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Health Monitoring, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100021, China.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D023422:Skin Irritancy Tests
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics