Heavy Metal Contamination of Popular Nail Polishes in Iran

Background: Toxic and hazardous heavy metals like arsenic, lead, mercury, zinc, chromium and iron are found in a variety of personal care products, e.g. lipstick, whitening toothpaste, eyeliner and nail color. The nails absorb the pigments of nail polishes and vaporized or soluble metals can easily...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Golnaz Karimi, Parisa Ziarati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arak University of Medical Sciences 2015-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Toxicology
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Online Access:http://ijt.arakmu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_id=410&sid=1&slc_lang=en