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Socioeconomic factors influencing cosmetic usage patterns
- Source :
- Journal of exposure scienceenvironmental epidemiology. 28(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Despite daily exposure to chemicals in cosmetic products, there are few studies on the exposure levels to cosmetics particularly in Asians. We sought to investigate the usage pattern of cosmetics, including eye makeup products, fragrances, color makeups, and hair and nail care products, in Koreans. An online survey of 1,800 participants (908 males and 892 females, aged 15-59 years) from 5 Metropolitan cities (Seoul, Incheon, Daejeon, Daegu, and Busan) in Korea was conducted. For overall types of cosmetics, the proportion of users was 7.1% (range: 0.0-46.3%) in males and 30.7% (range: 1.0-82.8%) in females. The most prevalently used product was perfume (46.3%) in males and lipstick (82.8%) in females. In addition, the mean number of application for overall types of cosmetics was 22.7 (range: 4.6-49.4) times per month in male users and 24.8 (range: 4.2-62.0) in female users. The usage pattern was significantly altered according to demographic and socioeconomic factors, including age group, occupation, and income. This work estimated the prevalences and frequencies of use of a wide collection of cosmetics from a large number of Koreans and found that the usage pattern was significantly associated with demographic and socioeconomic factors.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Adolescent
Epidemiology
media_common.quotation_subject
Cosmetics
Toxicology
Social class
Young Adult
0404 agricultural biotechnology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Republic of Korea
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
Young adult
Daily exposure
Socioeconomic status
media_common
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Middle Aged
040401 food science
Pollution
Perfume
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Female
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1559064X
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of exposure scienceenvironmental epidemiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1890096f067c934268b2a6d6f0e134f5