TD-GC/MS analysis of indoor air pollutants (VOCs, PM) in hair salons

C Kaikiti, M Stylianou, A Agapiou - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Hairdressing personnel is daily exposed to various chemical air pollutants, and specifically
to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Particulate Matter (PM) in hair salons. This is of …

[HTML][HTML] A Gender Hypothesis of sex disparities in adverse drug events

KMN Lee, T Rushovich, A Gompers, M Boulicault… - Social Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pharmacovigilance databases contain larger numbers of adverse drug events (ADEs) that
occurred in women compared to men. The cause of this disparity is frequently attributed to …

BTEX in indoor air of barbershops and beauty salons: Characterization, source apportionment and health risk assessment

H Janjani, K Yaghmaeian, M Aghaei, F Yousefian… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Volatile organic compounds, mainly BTEX, are among the pollutants of concern
in beauty salons and barbershops that threaten both staff personnel and clients' health. This …

Interventions targeting health and wellbeing among nail salon workers: a scoping review

L Ward, A Le, C Shannon… - Annals of Work …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To identify existing interventions targeting the health and wellbeing of nail salon
workers. Methods Arksey and O'Malley's framework on reviews guided this project. The …

Feminist digital natures

IL Nelson, R Hawkins, L Govia - Environment and Planning …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This commentary proposes a research agenda for the concept of feminist digital natures
(FDN). To demonstrate how we see FDN connecting existing research efforts, we review …

Air quality and particulate matter speciation in a beauty salon and surrounding outdoor environment: Exploratory study

M Evtyugina, ED Vicente, AM Vicente, T Nunes… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Beauty salons are considered occupational environments where the staff personnel and
clients are exposed to high levels of airborne pollutants. In this study, air quality monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory afflictions during hairdressing jobs: case history and clinical evaluation of a large symptomatic case series

J Hiller, A Greiner, H Drexler - Journal of Occupational Medicine and …, 2022 - Springer
Objectives Respiratory symptoms at work are common among hairdressers. Various working
materials, most notably bleaching ingredients such as ammonium persulfate, have been …

Microbiome alterations from volatile organic compounds (VOC) exposures among workers in salons primarily serving women of color

KR Dalton, LM Louis, M Fandiño-Del-Rio, AM Rule… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Salon workers, especially those serving an ethnically and racially diverse clientele (ie,
Black/Latina), may experience disparately high levels of workplace exposures to respiratory …

Microbiome alterations associated with phthalate exposures in a US-based sample of Latino workers

KR Dalton, M Fandiño-Del-Rio, LM Louis… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-wage service sector jobs are largely occupied by racial/ethnic minority workers who
often experience an increased risk of elevated chemical exposures, including chemicals like …

Implementing a suspect screening method to assess occupational chemical exposures among US-based hairdressers serving an ethnically diverse clientele: a pilot …

MN Newmeyer, L Quirós-Alcalá, LK Kavi… - Journal of exposure …, 2023 - nature.com
Background There are over 700,000 hairdressers in the United States, and it is estimated
that> 90% are female and 31% are Black or Hispanic/Latina. Racial and ethnic minorities in …