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Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Cosmetics
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Household Products > Cosmetics

Preferred term

Cosmetics  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Care Product, Personal
  • Care Products, Personal
  • Personal Care Product
  • Personal Care Products
  • Product, Personal Care
  • Products, Personal Care

Note

  • general or unspecified: prefer specifics

Scope note

  • Substances intended to be applied to the human body for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance without affecting the body's structure or functions. Included in this definition are skin creams, lotions, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail polishes, eye and facial makeup preparations, permanent waves, hair colors, toothpastes, and deodorants, as well as any material intended for use as a component of a cosmetic product. (U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Office of Cosmetics Fact Sheet (web page) Feb 1995)

In other languages

  • kosmeettiset aineet

    Finnish

  • ehoste
  • ehosteet
  • ehostusaine
  • ehostusaineet
  • kauneudenhoitoaine
  • kauneudenhoitoaineet
  • kaunistusaine
  • kaunistusaineet
  • kosmeettinen aine
  • meikit
  • meikki
  • Kosmetika

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003358

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