Health Outcomes of Children Born to Cosmetologists Compared to Children of Women in Other Occupations

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• Personal Author:
  Flaws JA ; Gallicchio L ; Greene T ; Miller SR ; Zacur H
• Description:
  The purpose of the study was to examine the health of children born to cosmetologists compared to the health of children of women working in other occupations. Cross-sectional data were analyzed from 319 cosmetologists and 366 women in other occupations aged 21 to 55 years who reported at least one live birth. Repeated-measures modeling was used to account for lack of independence among multiple pregnancies per participant. The results showed that cosmetologist occupation was associated with having a child with a learning disorder; however, the strength of this association was attenuated and the odds ratio was not statistically significant after confounder adjustment. Cosmetologist occupation was not associated with other adverse health outcomes among the children born to women in such an occupation, including urinary/kidney health problems. The findings indicate that cosmetologists are not at increased risk of having a child with medical problems compared to women in other occupations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Age Factors Biochemistry Chemistry Cosmetics Hazardous Substances Hypersensitivity Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Pregnancy Safety Urogenital System Women Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age-factors Analytical-methods Author Keywords: Children's Health Biochemical-analysis Chemical-hypersensitivity Chemical-reactions Children Cosmetics-workers Cosmetologist Exposure-levels Exposure-methods Hairdressers Health-hazards Learning Disorders Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupational Exposure Prenatal-exposure Reproduction Reproductive-effects Reproductive-system Statistical-analysis Work-environment Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0890-6238
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  361-365
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20037132
• Citation:
  Reprod Toxicol 2010 Jun; 29(3):361-365
• Contact Point Address:
  Jodi A. Flaws, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, 3223 VMBS Building, 2001 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, IL 61802
• Email:
  jflaws@illinois.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20060908
• Source Full Name:
  Reproductive Toxicology
• End Date:
  20090630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:adb1163c8b3aae2992ced1e733a37a83db610d8b7214043c601f0f1e4aa197fd34c581ee63588951e603d10c96b58cecfaac05e84375f92d74f50f23600b34dc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188281/cdc_188281_DS1.pdf
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