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Multiple myeloma in cosmetologists
Author(s) -
Guidotti Sylvana,
Wright William E.,
Peters John M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700030207
Subject(s) - medicine , multiple myeloma , occupational exposure , population , environmental health , cancer , dermatology
In an hypothesis‐generating activity, data in a population‐based cancer registry were analyzed according to occupation and industry. The number of cases of multiple myeloma was found to be excessive for females in the occupation “cosmetologists, hairdressers and manicurists.” Race did not explain the excess. People in this occupation have potential exposure to a number of chemicals that produce mutations in bacteria. Studies should be done to investigate the hypothesis that these chemicals cause multiple myeloma in cosmetologists.