Guideline on Safety assessment of cosmetic products

Annex 2

Bibliography

Proposal for literature suitable for the retrieval of information for the preparation of the general toxicological profile of the raw materials:

Cosmetic Ingredient Review, CIR reports. The Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association. Current editions.

Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31. Ed. London: Royal Pharmaceutical Society, 1996.

International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary, 7.ed. Washington DC, The Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association, 1997.

de Groot, A.C., Weyland, J.W., Nater, J.P.: Undesirable Effects of Cosmetics and Drugs used in Dermatolandy, 3.ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B.V.,1994.

Richardson, M.L. and Gangolli, S.: The Dictionary of Substances and their Effects. Royal Society of Chemistry 1992-1994.

Fisher, A.A.: Contact Dermatitis, 3.ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1986.

Suitable databases:

MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS®) on-line)
Producer / publisher:
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Medlars Management Section
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
 
MEDLINE corresponds to three print indexes: Index Medicus™, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index.

 

TOXLINE (Toxicology Information On-line)
Producer / publisher:
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Specialized Information Services
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
  
TOXLINE comprises several individual sub-files supplied by different producers.

 

RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substance)
Producer / publisher:
    
RTECS is built and maintained by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Department of Health and Human Services of the United States of America
4676 Colombia Parkway, Cincinnati
Ohio 45226, USA

 

EMBASE (Excerpta Medica Database)
Producer / publisher:
Elsevier Science B.V.
Secondary Publishing Division
Molenwerf 1
NL-1014 AG Amsterdam
EMBASE corresponds to the printed Excerpta Medica Sections.
  

2.1.1.1 BIOSIS PREVIEWS

Producer / publisher: BIOSIS
2100 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA
USA
            
BIOSIS PREVIEWS® contains citations from Biological Abstracts® (BA), Biological Abstracts/RRM® (Reports, Reviews, Meetings (BA/RRM), and BioResearch Index® (BioI), the major publications of BIOSIS® (BA/RRM is the successor to BioI beginning in 1980).
   
IPA (International Pharmaceutical Abstracts)
  
Producer / publisher: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
7272 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
USA

and

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Dr. Dwight R. Tousignaut or Kate Gibbons
Database Services
7272 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814

   
2.1.1.2 CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS
Producer / publisher:
Chemical Abstracts Service
2540 Olentangy River Road
P.O. Box 3012
Columbus, OH 43210-0012
U.S.A.

The database corresponds to the printed version.

 
2.1.1.3 SCISEARCH
Producer / publisher:
Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)
3501 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
USA

SciSearch corresponds to the printed Science Citation Index® (SCI®) and contains additional records from the Current Contents® series of publications that are not included in the print version of SCI.