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Risk of cancer among hairdressers and related workers: a meta-analysis
International Journal of Epidemiology, 09/18/09

Takkouche B et al. – Hairdressers have a higher risk of cancer than the general population. Improvement of the ventilation system in the hairdresser salons and implementation of hygiene measures aimed at mitigating exposure to potential carcinogens at work may reduce the risk.

Methods

The authors retrieved studies by systematically searching Medline and other computerized databases, and by manually examining the references of the original articles and monographs retrieved.
The authors also contacted international researchers working on this or similar topics to complete their search.
The authors included 247 studies reporting relative risk (RR) estimates of hairdresser occupation and cancer of different sites.

Results

The pooled RR of occupational exposure as a hairdresser was 1.27 for lung cancer, 1.52 for larynx cancer, 1.30 for bladder cancer and 1.62 for multiple myeloma. Data for other anatomic sites showed increases of smaller magnitude.
The results restricted to those studies carried out before the ban of two major carcinogens from hair dyes in the mid–1970s were similar to the general results.

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