Research of biological, population, biotechnological, toxicological and pharmacological aspects related to the risks of the impact of common exogenic substances on the human organism

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https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-8025.2026.354912

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Tattoos, exogenous substances, sexual dimorphism, population differences, biological risks

Abstract

The aim of the study was a comprehensive analysis of biomedical aspects related to such an exogenous effect on the human body as tattoos, as well as our own research on the attitudes and awareness of the impact of tattoos on the human body in the Ukrainian population and among people who were temporarily in this territory.

Materials and methods. The work used statistical analysis and the questionnaire method. A questionnaire was developed, containing questions related to attitudes towards tattoos, and questions that determine the relationship between somatic and mental health and the desire to undergo a tattoo procedure. The statistical criterion χ2 was used to analyze qualitative characteristics.

Results and discussion. It was found that most of the respondents did not have tattoos (perhaps this was due to the young age of the respondents). The analysis of the results processed during the study revealed the following indicators: women are better informed than men, by approximately 11%. More female respondents than male respondents had a tattoo at the time of the study and a desire to get one in the future, respectively, the indicators are 12% and 15%. Also, women give recommendations to get a tattoo 12% more often. Significantly different indicators were found in the questions that were studied among representatives of different religious denominations, for example, respondents from Christian countries are 27% more informed about adverse reactions to tattoos. At the same time, the number of respondents from different religious denominations who had a tattoo at the time of the study is almost the same.

Conclusions. A study of a similar scale involving representatives of several countries with different socio-cultural conditions was conducted for the first time in Ukraine. Since the work was international in nature, and representatives of different countries participated in it, it was found that representatives of different religious and confessional views differed in their attitude to tattoos, which was, in principle, predictable. At the same time, the actual proportion of tattooed people among Muslims and Christians did not differ statistically. When studying the effects of sexual dimorphism, it was shown that women are more aware of the side effects of tattoos, but also more often than men get tattoos and give advice to others to get tattoos

Author Biographies

Olga Filiptsova, National University of Pharmacy

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor

Department of Biotechnology

Olga Naboka, National University of Pharmacy

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor

Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Microbiology and Biological Chemistry

Oleksandr Ochkur, National University of Pharmacy

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy

Olena Matviichuk, National University of Pharmacy

PhD, Associate Professor

Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Microbiology and Biological Chemistry

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2026-03-31

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Filiptsova, O., Naboka, O., Ochkur, O., & Matviichuk, O. (2026). Research of biological, population, biotechnological, toxicological and pharmacological aspects related to the risks of the impact of common exogenic substances on the human organism. ScienceRise: Biological Science, (1 (45), 4–11. https://doi.org/10.15587/2519-8025.2026.354912

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