Shade Tobacco and Green Tobacco Sickness in Connecticut

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• Personal Author:
  Barrera LV ; Bracker A ; Gould B ; Grey M ; Kaliszewski M ; Ohannessian C ; Oncken C ; Trape-Cardoso M
• Description:
  The prevalence of Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS) among shade tobacco farmworkers in Connecticut is unknown. We conducted a study to determine the prevalence of GTS in farmworkers working in shade tobacco fields who presented for clinical care at medical student-run clinics. A retrospective chart review of the tobacco workers seen at Farmworkers' Clinics during 2001 was instituted in this study. Although GTS was not clinically diagnosed in any of the patients, we found 15% diagnoses that could be attributed to possible GTS by ICD-9 code review. Using a stricter GTS case definition, the frequency rate decreased to 4%. Nonsmokers were significantly more likely than smokers to report GTS-like symptoms (P < 0.01). Isolated symptoms of headache and dizziness were significantly more frequent among nonsmokers than smokers (P < 0.05). In conclusion, cases of possible GTS were found in Connecticut shade tobacco workers. Nonsmokers were more at risk to have possible GTS than smokers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Skin Skin Absorption Smoke Tobacco Products

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• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Skin-absorption Tobacco Tobacco-dusts Tobacco-smoke
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029256
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2003 Jun; 45(6):656-661
• Contact Point Address:
  Marcia Trapé-Cardoso, MD, University of Connnecticut School of Medicine, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Dowling Bldg, 263 Farmington Ave, Farmington, Connecticut, 06030-6210
• Email:
  trape@nso.uchc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20270831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e22956ef10ca035e992cefb1503953294ceaf2ff19b52b59d5f444f2ba425b122ad0214b00becc33a029c126f52b96cf356ef93de138abb2b4274020f2f32d90
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190285/cdc_190285_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 152.96 KB ]