Respiratory disease prevalence in cosmetologists and its relationship to aerosol sprays.

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• Personal Author:
  Gillam D ; Palmer A ; Renzetti AD Jr. ; Gillam D ; Palmer A ; Renzetti AD Jr.
• Description:
  The relationship between exposure to hair sprays and respiratory disease was studied among 262 student cosmetologists, 213 practicing beauticians, and 569 unexposed females. Subjects were given a respiratory questionnaire, chest x-rays, and forced expiratory spirograms. Individual and environmental hair spray particulate concentrations were measured. A subgroup of the study population was given additional, more extensive, pulmonary function tests and sputum analysis. Compared to the unexposed comparison group, the cosmetologists had an increased prevalence of chronic respiratory disease symptoms, small airway obstruction, and abnormal sputum cytology. These increases were related to duration of exposure. Practicing beauticians with longer exposure in salons with high environmental concentrations of hair spray particulates, had more chest x-ray abnormalities than the other 2 groups. Particulate concentrations were greatest in small salons, and smallest in colleges. Personal breathing zone concentrations correlated with respiratory symptomatology. The authors conclude that exposure to hair spray is related to obstructive lung disease, and may be related to thesaurosis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Age Factors Cosmetics Epidemiology Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Smokers Tobacco Products

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• Keywords:
  Acute-exposure Aerosol-mists Age-factors Cigarette-smoking Cosmetics-workers Hair-sprays NIOSH-Author Respiratory-system-disorders Risk-factors Sputum-cytology
• ISSN:
  0013-9351
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies ; DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  136-153
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00093212
• Citation:
  Environ Res 1979 Jun; 19(1):136-153
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• NORA Priority Area:
  Pulmonary System Disorders ; Pulmonary System Disorders
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Research
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:73bae6b4735a2d7527620d86f69c955450e911103fa9496b7c939f131eb50a99b2eb9f102cab4e4f01ba48fe1416f514b5d252fe35214b46a76730034618165c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184320/cdc_184320_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.25 MB ]