Results from a Community-Based Occupational Health Survey of Vietnamese-American Nail Salon Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Azaroff LS ; Doan T ; Holcroft C ; Nguyen H ; Roelofs C
• Description:
  A community-university collaborative partnership assessed self-reported work-related health effects and environmental factors in Boston's Vietnamese immigrant community via an interviewer-assisted survey. Seventy-one nail technicians responded. Musculoskeletal disorders, skin problems, respiratory irritation and headaches were commonly reported as work-related, as were poor air quality, dusts and offensive odors. The reporting of a work-related respiratory symptom was significantly associated with the reporting of exposure factors such as poorer air quality. Absence of skin disorders was associated with glove use and musculoskeletal symptoms were associated with years worked as a nail technician. Work-related health effects may be common in nail salon work. Chemical and musculoskeletal hazards should be reduced through product and equipment redesign. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollution Air Pollution, Indoor Demography Dust Irritants Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Skin Solvents Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality Author Keywords: Immigrant Demographic-characteristics Dust-particles Dusts Injuries Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nail Salon Occupational-exposure Occupational-health Occupational Health Questionnaires Respiratory-irritants Respiratory-system-disorders Skin-irritants Vietnamese-American Work-environment

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• ISSN:
  1557-1912
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  353-361
• Volume:
  10
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034386
• Citation:
  J Immigr Minor Health 2008 Aug; 10(4):353-361
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Work Environment, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Kitson 200H, 1 University Ave, Lowell, MA 01854
• Email:
  cora_roelofs@uml.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce
• Performing Organization:
  University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
• End Date:
  20000929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7e47bf2f6fa1da9b650238c062e2331a49e01975d29e3b4d68492abe8e7b4e925c93665bdf585bfd8bfd1eefe5d3b58ffac60815a6a3cef4186a3417f0c334a6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189612/cdc_189612_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 117.54 KB ]