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

Matthew N NewmeyerLesliam Quirós-AlcaláLucy K KaviLydia M LouisCarsten Prasse

Published in: Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology (2023)

Our suspect screening approach detected several compounds not previously reported in biomonitoring studies of hairdressers. These results will help guide future studies to improve characterization of occupational chemical exposures in this workforce and inform exposure and risk mitigation strategies to reduce potential associated work-related health disparities.

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