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Health effects on workers and actual exposure of VOCs in the nail shops

네일샵 종사자의 휘발성유기화합물 노출실태와 건강에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Nan-Hee (Public Health & Environment Research Institute of Gwangju) ;
  • Min, Kyoung-Woo (Public Health & Environment Research Institute of Gwangju) ;
  • Cho, Gwang-Woon (Public Health & Environment Research Institute of Gwangju) ;
  • Seo, Dong-Ju (Public Health & Environment Research Institute of Gwangju) ;
  • Im, Kyeong-Hun (Public Health & Environment Research Institute of Gwangju) ;
  • Jeung, Won-Sam (Public Health & Environment Research Institute of Gwangju) ;
  • Cho, Young-Gwan (Public Health & Environment Research Institute of Gwangju) ;
  • Yang, Jin-Seok (Korea Industrial Health Association)
  • 김난희 (광주광역시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 민경우 (광주광역시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 조광운 (광주광역시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 서동주 (광주광역시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 임경훈 (광주광역시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 정원삼 (광주광역시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 조영관 (광주광역시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 양진석 (대한산업보건협회 광주보건센터)
  • Received : 2017.02.28
  • Accepted : 2017.03.23
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

Objectives: The objective of this study is to evaluate the exposure of VOCs and effects of the chemicals on the nail technicians whose works in a nail shop. Methods: For four month from May to August in 2016, we measured twenty-two kinds of VOCs in ten nail shops and carried out health examinations on thirty-four workers in there. Results: The TVOC concentration in indoor air of nail shops is $0.487mg/m^3$ at a minimum and $33.236mg/m^3$ at a maximum where it consists of 70.5% of Ketones, 25.4% of Alcohols, 2.6% of Esters, 0.8% of Aldehydes and 0.7% of Aromatics. The VOCs concentration during nail art works shows an increase in average ratio 1.8 compared to the concentration of indoor air quality and also the concentration of Isopropanol rose with 3.2 of the highest ratio. The results of Spearman correlation between TVOC concentration in indoor air and environmental factor was like that has significance level of correlation(${\rho}$<0.05, r=0.682) in case of number of customers per day, but the other factors were not meaningful in correlation. Correlation between VOCs and medical check-up items was like that has positive significance level(${\rho}$<0.01, r=0.638) between isopropanol and GPT, but the others have not meaningful. The exposure level of VOCs was not exceed the criteria exposure level 1 of working environment measuring method which announced by labor ministry in all ten nail shop indoor air quality. Conclusions: In this study although it was not significant correlation between harmful substances and medical check-up items in the nail shop indoor air quality, it is necessary to do more ventilation and to install exhaust facilities because of existing high VOCs concentration in the nail shop indoor air.

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