Acute and chronic health effects due to green tobacco exposure in agricultural workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 494-499

  Parikh, J R ^a   Gokani, V N ^a   Doctor, P B ^a   Kulkarni, P K ^a   Shah, A R ^a   Saiyed, H N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic health effects; ECG abnormalities; Green tobacco sickness; Hypertension; Reproductive abnormalities; Tobacco ambylopia

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROP; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOBACCO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANTS, TOXIC; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOBACCO;

EID: 20444402295     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20162     Document Type: Article

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