Sanitary-hygienic, clinicalimmunological and environmental risks of wet wipes in public health context

Abstract

The aim of the study was to review the literature on the biomedical and environmental risks associated with the use of wet wipes in the context of public health. Methodology. This study included a bibliometric study to examine the global dynamics of research on wet wipes. Relevant publications were retrieved from two major bibliographic databases: Scopus and the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) in the Web of Science (WoS). The study of bibliometric relationships was conducted using VOSviewer (version 1.6.20). Along with the bibliometric analysis, a review of a wide range of publicly available online sources covering relevant issues was conducted.