OBJECTIVE
To study the composition of tobacco dust, atmospheric nicotine concentration, urinary cotinine excretion and the subjective symptoms of workers in dry tobacco leaf preparation.
METHODS
The tobacco dust in air of the breathing zone of workers and the urine samples of these workers and a
Dermal absorption of nicotine by people harvesting tobacco may cause an acute intoxication called green tobacco sickness. Although Brazil is the second largest producer of tobacco in the world, green tobacco sickness had not been reported in the country to date. We conducted a 1:1 matched
The hemoglobin adduct of the human bladder carcinogen 4-aminobiphenyl (4ABP-Hb) declined in the blood of 34 smokers enrolled in a withdrawal program, from a mean of 120 +/- 7 (SE) pg/g of hemoglobin at the start to a mean of 82 +/- 6 pg/g after 3 weeks and a mean of 34 +/- 5 pg/g among the 15
OBJECTIVE
As part of smoking surveillance, the authors conducted an epidemiologic investigation in southern Brazil to identify the occurrence of Green Tobacco Sickness and risk factors for illness and to recommend control and prevention measures.
METHODS
A 1:2 case-control study matched by subjects'
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