Haze Still Surrounds Green Tobacco Sickness

Haze Still Surrounds Green Tobacco Sickness

Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS) occurs when workers absorb nicotine through their skin. Forty-seven cases of GTS were reported in a five-county region of Kentucky in 1992, and 66 cases were reported in the same region in 1993. The burley tobacco grown in Kentucky is frequently harvested by hand.

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Veröffentlicht in:JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1994-03, Vol.86 (6), p.419-420
1. Verfasser: Ulbrich, S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Agricultural Workers' Diseases - etiology
Disease
Humans
Nicotiana
Nicotine
Nicotine - adverse effects
Nicotine - analysis
Occupational hazards
Plants, Toxic
Tobacco
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Zusammenfassung:Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS) occurs when workers absorb nicotine through their skin. Forty-seven cases of GTS were reported in a five-county region of Kentucky in 1992, and 66 cases were reported in the same region in 1993. The burley tobacco grown in Kentucky is frequently harvested by hand.
ISSN:0027-8874
1460-2105
DOI:10.1093/jnci/86.6.419