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Survey and health risk assessment of products for treatment of sports injuries and pains

Contents

Preface

Summary and conclusions

Sammenfatning og konklusioner

1 Survey

• 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 Purpose
  • 1.1.2 Definition
  • 1.1.3 Method
  • 1.1.4 Product selection
• 1.2 Implementation
  • 1.2.1 Retail trade
  • 1.2.2 Internet search
  • 1.2.3 Professional therapists and sports clubs
• 1.3 Purchased products
• 1.4 Consumption
• 1.5 Products
  • 1.5.1 Product survey
  • 1.5.2 Selection criteria
  • 1.5.3 Selected products

2 Screening of substances

• 2.1 Chemical screening analysis
  • 2.1.1 Method of GC/MS headspace-analysis
  • 2.1.2 Substances
• 2.2 Health Risk screening
  • 2.2.2 Classification etc. for selected substances

3 Quantitative chemical analyses

• 3.1 Quantitative determination of volatile and semi volatile compounds (GC/MS screening)
  • 3.1.1 Method for quantitative SPME-GC/MS analysis
  • 3.1.2 Results of SPME-GC/MS-analysis in mg/kg
• 3.2 Specific analysis of contents of organic solvents
  • 3.2.1 Method for quantitative analysis of organic solvents
  • 3.2.2 Results of the specific analysis of organic solvents
• 3.3 Prioritisation of substances in products for treatment of sport injuries and pain

4 Legislation

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Classification of products

5 Health Assessment

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Method
• 5.3 Selected substances
  • 5.3.1 Camphor
  • 5.3.2 Dimethyl sulphone
  • 5.3.3 d-Limonene
  • 5.3.4 Methyl salicylate
  • 5.3.5 2-Phenoxyethanol
  • 5.3.6 α-Pinene
  • 5.3.7 Solvents
• 5.4 Overall Assessment
  • 5.4.1 Substances
  • 5.4.2 Products

6 References

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