Green tobacco sickness among thai traditional tobacco farmers, Thailand

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 169-176

  Saleeon, T ^a   Siriwong, W ^a   Maldonado Perez H L ^b   Robson, M G ^a,b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers' diseases; Prevalence; Risk factors; Thailand; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GREEN TOBACCO SICKNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PLANTATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; THAILAND; TOBACCO; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICOTINE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THAILAND; TOBACCO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937405628     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2015.540     Document Type: Article

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