@article{ref1,
title="The problem of the use of mercurials cosmetics in Senegal (author's transl)",
journal="Toxicological European research",
year="1981",
author="Gras, G. and Mondain, J.",
volume="3",
number="4",
pages="175-178",
abstract="The use of skin-lightening preparations appears to be a problem for the coloured women in Africa as well as for the Black People in general. The mercurial creams occupy a place of choice into the most useful products for the skin depigmentation. An epidemiological study from twenty senegalese women using mercurials cosmetics has permitted to determine a mean value of 155,75 +/- 75,38 ppm Hg in scalp hair while the normal level is less than 10 ppm. An experimental study was realised with monkeys (Papio papio) treated with a soap containing mercuric biiodide. This study has shown, after only three months of experimentation, a significative augmentation of mercury levels in all the organs and specially in the kidneys and the hair.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0249-6402",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}