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

• Main Authors: Gisele Huf (Author), Priscila da Nobrega Rito (Author), Rosaura de Farias Presgrave (Author), Maria Helena Simões Villas Bôas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1980-5497
• Keywords: Coleta de dados; Cosméticos; Notificação; Agência nacional de vigilância sanitária; Vigilância sanitária; Controle de qualidade; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, Vol 16, Iss 4, Pp 1017-1020 (2013)

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 CONCLUSION: To our knowledge, this is an unpublished study in Brazil, which presents results regarding the estimated prevalence of AR similarly to international studies.