Search for: [Abstract = "Contact allergy is specific hypersensitivity reaction of delayed type to low molecular weight substances \(referred to as haptens\). Cosmetics belong to the one of the most important sources of sensitizing.The aim of my study was an attempt the evaluation of consumers exposure to allergy ingredients of cosmetics on the basis of frequency of occurrence allergy to ingredients of cosmetics. The next one aim of my study was an analysis the correlation between this exposure and the frequency of allergy appearance to this cosmetic ingredients \(date has been sourced from conducted metaanalysis\).Material and methods\: My research was done in 3 stages. In the first stage I gathered the data concerning the content of ingredients with known allergic potential which were found in cosmetics for body and hair caring. The cosmetics that I tested were being sold in Krakow from August to November 2013. Next I analyzed the functions of individual cosmetic ingredients on the recognized Database. The functions of cosmetic ingredients were divided into 4 groups\: preservatives, fragrances, colorants, UV filter and I summed them up in terms of the frequency of their appearance into groups of leave on and rinse off cosmetics, divided for children and for adults. In the second stage I did the metaanalysis of epidemiological data concerning the frequency of allergy appearance to this cosmetic ingredients \(publications concerning the european population and publication data since 2000\). I searched literatures, base on queries in bibliographic database PubMed, Embase, Scopus and Google Schoolar. In the third stage on the basis of data which was obtained in the first and second stages I undertaken an attempt to analysis the correlation between the exposure to allergic ingredients and frequency of allergy to them. In order to determine the correlation I plotted the graph."]

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