title: Adverse reactions to cosmetic products and the Notification System in Health Surveillance: a survey.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper is part of a study that investigates the quality of cosmetic products and evaluates the cosmetic surveillance system.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study presents the results of a research that aimed to describe the point of view of the population in terms of the prevalence of Adverse Reactions (AR) and information about the surveillance system.
  
  
  METHODS
  A structured questionnaire was applied to a random sample of 200 people from the administrative staff of the Municipal Guard of Rio de Janeiro.
  
  
  RESULTS
  38% of the participants declared AR to some cosmetic product used in the past two years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, this is an unpublished study in Brazil, which presents results regarding the estimated prevalence of AR similarly to international studies.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quality Contrl, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gisele
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Huf
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quality Contrl, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Priscila da Nobrega
authors.initials: Pda N
authors.lastname: Rito
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quality Contrl, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosaura de Farias
authors.initials: Rde F
authors.lastname: Presgrave
authors.affiliation: Institute of Quality Contrl, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Helena Simoes Villas
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Boas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics