Adverse reactions to cosmetic products and the Notification System in Health Surveillance: a survey

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Gisele Huf¹  Priscila Da Nobrega Rito¹  Rosaura De Farias Presgrave¹  Maria Helena Simões Villas Bôas¹ 

关键词: Data collection;    Cosmetics;    Notice;    National health surveillance agency;    Health surveillance;    Quality control;    Coleta de dados;    Cosméticos;    Notificação;    Agência nacional de vigilância sanitária;    Vigilância sanitária;    Controle de qualidade;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2013000400021

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: 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. CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is an unpublished study in Brazil, which presents results regarding the estimated prevalence of AR similarly to international studies.

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