Beauty Salons are Key Potential Sources of Disease Spread [PDF]
Infection and Drug Resistance, 2021 Najwa Menwer Alharbi, Hanan Mohammed Alhashim King Abdelaziz University, Science College, Biology Department, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Najwa Menwer AlharbiKing Abdelaziz University, Science College, Biology Department, P.O. Box: 80200, Jeddah,
Alharbi NM, Alhashim HM
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What a mix! Volatile organic compounds and worker exposure in small business beauty salons in Tucson, Arizona [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionSmall business beauty salons have volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in their workplace air. VOCs are present as ingredients in beauty or hair products.
Denise Moreno Ramírez +17 more
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Awareness on cosmetic-related health hazards and measures to address them among service providers of beauty salons [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareBackground: Cosmetic products may contain ingredients whose safety is not certain with several instances of death and anaphylaxis due to service/cosmetic usage in beauty salons.
S Darshan Manoj +2 more
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Indoor concentrations of VOCs in beauty salons; association with cosmetic practices and health risk assessment [PDF]
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology, 2018 Background The use of cosmetic products in beauty salons emits numerous kinds of toxic air pollutants. The objectives of this study were to measure the concentrations of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde in 20 large ...
Mostafa Hadei +6 more
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Ultraviolet-C Light-emitting Device Against Microorganisms in Beauty Salons [PDF]
Pathogens and Immunity, 2022 Background. Ultraviolet light in the UV-C band is also known as germicidal radiation, and it is widely used for decontamination and disinfection of environments, water, and food. The ultraviolet source transfers electromagnetic energy from a mercury arc
Margarete Teresa Gottardo de Almeida +6 more
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Formaldehyde Exposure and Its Potential Health Risk in Some Beauty Salons in Kumasi Metropolis [PDF]
Journal of Toxicology, 2020 Cosmetologists may be potentially exposed to high levels of formaldehyde as a result of their exposure to formaldehyde released from the various cosmetic products used in the beauty salons.
Noah Kyame Asare-Donkor +4 more
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Non-Combustible Source Indoor Air Pollutants Concentration in Beauty Salons and Associated Self-Reported Health Problems Among the Beauty Salon Workers. [PDF]
Risk Manag Healthc Policy, 2021 Cosmetic products emits Total Volatile Organic Compound (TVOC) and Particulate Matter with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 micrometers (PM10) of different sizes and characteristics with adverse health effects. Despite the increasing need for cosmetic products, related pollutants level of concentration from beauty salon is not well understood in ...
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Beauty salon technicians’ exposure to formaldehyde, benzene and acetaldehyde in Gonabad City [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBeauty salons are places where the technicians/staff personnel and clients may be exposed to high levels of various types of air pollutants. In this study, levels of formaldehyde, benzene and acetaldehyde and their associated potential health risks on ...
Afsaneh Ojrati +4 more
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Investigating incidence of bacterial and fungal contamination in shared cosmetic kits available in the women beauty salons [PDF]
Health Promotion Perspectives, 2016 Background: Rich texture of cosmetics can provide a suitable medium for growth of pathogenic microorganisms. In addition, skin microflora of anyone is unique which might be harmful toanother person.
Leila Dadashi, Reza Dehghanzadeh
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Health and safety in hair salons during the Covid-19 situation: A cross-sectional study in a semi-urban district in Thailand [PDF]
Public Health in PracticeObjective: Since the COVID-19 crisis in Thailand, the need for salons to have impeccable hygiene and client-hairdresser monitoring heightened. Due to scarce research on the COVID-19 preventive measures taken by hairdressing salons in semi-urban locations
Chonyitree Sangwijit +2 more
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