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A review of inorganic UV filters zinc oxide and titanium dioxide

Samantha Schneider and Henry Lim review inorganic ultraviolet filters. Crossref places the article in volume 35, pages 442 to 446.

Samantha Schneider and Henry Lim review inorganic ultraviolet filters. Crossref places the article in volume 35, pages 442 to 446. The DOI on the PDF is 10.1111/phpp.12439. Cited penetration studies are not re-extracted.

Key numbers

The review states that zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are used in sunscreens as nanoparticles, and that nanoparticle here denotes a size below 100 nm. No original metal-concentration survey is reported.

Methods (brief)

Narrative review.

Evidence fitness

The size cutoff is the review’s own definitional statement. Occurrence numbers from papers it cites are not copied.

Limitations

Review. No new analytical data.

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