title: Occupational exposure to airborne solvents during nail sculpturing.
abstract: This study describes occupational exposure to acrylates and other solvents during nail sculpturing, including comparative measurements of the exposure using four different sculpturing methods: The acrylic method, the UV-gel method, the acrylic powder method and the resin method. Thirty-two nail technicians working in 22 different salons participated in the study. In total, 92 measurements were performed, comprising 70 solvent measurements and 22 measurements of ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate. The solvents most frequently present in all samples were acetone, ethyl acetate, toluene and n-butyl acetate, measured in 96%, 94%, 91% and 81% of the samples, respectively. The study shows that the overall solvent exposure was low, with all measurements calculated as the additive effect (n = 70) below 20% of the OEL (arithmetic mean 0.06 and range 0.01-0.19). No statistically significant difference between sculpturing methods were observed (p = 0.05).
authors: National Institute of Occupational Health, P.O. Box 8149 Dep., N-0033 Oslo, Norway. Merete.Gjolstad@stami.no
authors: Merete
authors: M
authors: Gjølstad
authors: Syvert
authors: S
authors: Thorud
authors: Paal
authors: P
authors: Molander