ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2023
Differences in personal care product use by race/ethnicity among women in California: implications for chemical exposures.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Personal Care Products and Incident Hypertension: Prospective Cohort Study of U.S. Women.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Associations between self-reported personal care products use and menstrual cycle length and regularity in a US digital cohort.Environment international · 2026Article
- Parabens and estrogen-mediated cancers: unraveling coincidence, co-occurrence, and causality.npj women's health · 2026Review
- A prospective study of hair dyes and uterine leiomyomata incidence in the study of environment, lifestyle, and fibroids.Fertility and sterility · 2026Article
- Evaluating personal care product use by Environmental Working Group hazard scores in relation to consumers' sociodemographic characteristics, purchasing behaviors, and product safety perceptions.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Young infants' exposure to parabens: lotion use as a potential source of exposure.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Feasibility and Acceptability of Assessing Personal Care Product Use and Exposure to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Among Black and Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Examining the role of self-reported product selection strategies in shifting chemical exposures among Black women and Latinas: Lessons from the Taking Stock Study.Environmental justice (Print) · 2025Article
- Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Releasing Preservatives in Personal Care Products Used by Black Women and Latinas.Environmental science & technology letters · 2025Article
- The Power of Strategic Social Media Influencer Communication to Improve Black Women's Knowledge and Awareness of Environmental Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: Surveys of Instagram Users.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Associations of personal care product use during pregnancy and the postpartum period with markers of postpartum glycemic control - Results from the ERGO Study.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2025Article
- The interactive role of odor associations in friendship preferences.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Validating the Black Identity, Hair Product Use, and Breast Cancer Scale (BHBS) Among Black Breast Cancer Survivors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Chemicals of concern in select packaged hair relaxers available on the Kenyan market: an examination of ingredient labels and measurement of pH.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Hair care product use among pregnant women of color: protocol for a feasibility educational intervention.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2025Article
- Gender, self-care and toxic exposures: a narrative review of personal care product use and health equity implications.BMJ public health · 2025Review
- Exposure to Environmental Chemicals and Infertility Among US Reproductive-Aged Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Indoor air pollution and airway health.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2024Review
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11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPersonal care products may contain many chemicals, some of which are suspected endocrine disrupters. This is an important source of chemical exposure for women, but little is known about how chemical exposure differs among different races/ethnicities.
objectiveThis study examines differences in personal care product use among Black, Latina, Vietnamese, Mixed Race, and White women in California.
methodsWe used a community-based participatory process to create and administer a personal care product usage survey to 321 Black, Latina, Vietnamese, Mixed Race, and White women. We used multivariate regression models with pairwise comparisons to examine the frequency of product use by race/ethnicity.
resultsWe found distinct trends of personal care product use by race/ethnicity: Latina women typically used makeup most frequently; Black women used certain hair products or styles most frequently; and Vietnamese women were most likely to use facial cleansing products compared to other races/ethnicities. Latina and Vietnamese women were less likely to try to avoid certain ingredients in their products. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings can help estimate disparities in chemical exposure from personal care product use and complement future research on health inequities due to chemical exposures in the larger environmental and social context.
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