Risk Factors for Asthma Among Cosmetology Professionals in Colorado

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• Personal Author:
  Antão VCS ; Esfahani RS ; Hoffman, Richard E. ; Kreiss, Kathleen ; Lezotte DC ; Odencrantz J
• Description:
  After receiving several reports of occupational asthma among cosmetology professionals, we studied the prevalence, work-attributable risk, and tasks associated with asthma in this industry. We selected a stratified random sample of cosmeticians, manicurists, barbers, and cosmetologists holding licenses in Colorado for a mail survey instrument. The prevalence of physician-diagnosed asthma among the 1883 respondents (68% response rate) was 9.3%; of these, 67 (38%) developed asthma after entering the cosmetology profession. Multivariate analyses showed that hairstyling, application of artificial nails, and shaving and honing were significantly associated with asthma arising in the course of employment (P < 0.005) with relative risks of 2.6-2.9. The increased risk of asthma with onset during employment among cosmetologists is probably attributable to their exposure to sensitizers and irritants in tasks demonstrated to be associated with asthma. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Asthma, Occupational Cosmetics Environmental Monitoring Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Bronchial-asthma Cosmetics-industry Cosmetics-workers Diseases Exposure-assessment Occupational-diseases Occupational-exposure Risk-analysis Risk-factors
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031133
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2006 Oct; 48(10):1062-1069
• Contact Point Address:
  Kathleen Kreiss, MD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  kxk2@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:833f9a7ca6a643aa4894d70685417ac5abfc5a38dc9b9d00a40995373933ef8a0aa2fd12c6c93f72a2fd4237317bb91b64dff57c874a97bb75bab786e060dd42
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191479/cdc_191479_DS1.pdf
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