Green tobacco sickness among tobacco farmers in southern Brazil

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 726-735

  Fassa, Anaclaudia G ^a   Faria, Neice M X ^b   Meucci, Rodrigo D ^a   Fiori, Nadia Spada ^a   Miranda, Vanessa Iribarrem ^a   Facchini, Luiz Augusto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b Municipal Health Department of Bento Gonçalves   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Green tobacco sickness; Poisoning; Prevalence; Tobacco farming

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICOTINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PHYSICAL EXERTION; POISONING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899988904     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22307     Document Type: Article

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