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

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To our knowledge, this is an unpublished study in Brazil, which presents results regarding the estimated prevalence of AR similarly to international studies.

Data collection; Cosmetics; Notice; National health surveillance agency; Health surveillance; Quality control


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