A Pilot Respiratory Health Assessment of Nail Technicians: Symptoms, Lung Function, and Airway Inflammation

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• Personal Author:
  Clark JC ; Johnson BC ; Lockey, James E. ; MacKenzie, Barbara A. ; Reutman SR ; Robertson SA ; Rohs AM ; Sammons DL ; Toennis CA
• Description:
  Background: Recent surveys suggest nail technicians, particularly artificial nail applicators, have increased respiratory symptoms and asthma risk. Methods: We examined lung function (n¼62) and a marker of airway inflammation, i.e., exhaled nitric oxide (ENO) (n¼43), in a subset of nail technician and control participants in a pilot health assessment. Results: Bivariate analysis of technicians demonstrated that job latency was inversely correlated with FEV1 percent predicted (FEV1PP) (r= -0.34, P=0.03) and FVCPP (r= -0.32, P= 0.05). Acrylic gel contact hours were inversely correlated with FEV1PP (r= -0.38, P= -0.02) and FVCPP (r= -0.47, P= 0.003). Current smoking was inversely and significantly (P(
• Subjects:
  Cosmetics Environmental Monitoring Hazardous Substances Hypersensitivity Irritants Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Hypersensitivity Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Artificial Nails Author Keywords: Nail Technicians Chemical-hypersensitivity Cosmetics-workers Exhaled Nitric Oxide Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Health-hazards Health-surveys Inhalation-studies Lung Function Occupational-exposure Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Respiratory-function-tests Respiratory-hypersensitivity Respiratory-infections Respiratory-irritants Smoking Statistical-analysis Work-analysis Work-environment Work-practices Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035972
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2009 Nov; :52(11):868-875
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan R. Reutman, CDC, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Applied Research and Technology (DART), 4676 Columbia Pkwy (C-23), Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
• Email:
  swr0@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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