Thimerosal: current sources of contact in Brazil()

Thimerosal is an organic mercury derivative found in ophthalmic solutions and certain vaccines in Brazil. Although most studies suggest the prevalence of thimerosal sensitivity to be quite high, this condition does not currently have any clinical relevance. The present article surveyed 184 Brazilian...

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Autores principales: Rocha, Vanessa Barreto, Scherrer, Maria Antonieta Rios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24770530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142645
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description Thimerosal is an organic mercury derivative found in ophthalmic solutions and certain vaccines in Brazil. Although most studies suggest the prevalence of thimerosal sensitivity to be quite high, this condition does not currently have any clinical relevance. The present article surveyed 184 Brazilian products (151 topical medications and 33 vaccines) and found that thimerosal was only present in 3 ophthalmic solutions and 5 vaccines.
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spelling pubmed-40080842014-05-07 Thimerosal: current sources of contact in Brazil() Rocha, Vanessa Barreto Scherrer, Maria Antonieta Rios An Bras Dermatol Communication Thimerosal is an organic mercury derivative found in ophthalmic solutions and certain vaccines in Brazil. Although most studies suggest the prevalence of thimerosal sensitivity to be quite high, this condition does not currently have any clinical relevance. The present article surveyed 184 Brazilian products (151 topical medications and 33 vaccines) and found that thimerosal was only present in 3 ophthalmic solutions and 5 vaccines. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4008084/ /pubmed/24770530 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142645 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Thimerosal: current sources of contact in Brazil()
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title_short Thimerosal: current sources of contact in Brazil()
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24770530
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142645
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