title: The association between personal care products and lung function.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Chemical exposures are important determinants of respiratory health. The objective of the present study was to determine the association between the use of personal care products, which may contain respirable components, and lung function.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using questionnaire and spirometry data collected during the Canadian Health Measures population survey, the association was tested between 1-second forced expiratory volume (FEV(l)) and forced vital capacity (FVC) expressed as a percentage of predicted, and the frequency of use of personal care products categorized as eye makeup, fragrances, hairstyle products, lipstick, and scented body products.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Five thousand sixteen of the 5604 participants in the survey reported using at least one personal care product in the past 3 months. Among men and women, an interquartile increase in hairstyle products was associated with an approximate 2% decrease in both FEV(1) and FVC (P < .05). Among women, each product category was associated with a significant decrease in lung function with the largest observed effect being a 4.08% (95% confidence interval, 7.71-0.45) decrease in FVC associated with an interquartile range increase in the frequency of use of scented body products.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides data suggesting that using personal care products may have a small adverse effect on lung function. Further research is warranted to investigate this possibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada. rdales@ohri.ca
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Dales
authors.forename: Sabit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cakmak
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leech
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D003358:Cosmetics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008168:Lung / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012648:Self Care; D012737:Sex Factors; D013147:Spirometry; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics