Predictors of Incidence and Prevalence of Green Tobacco Sickness Among Latino Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Preisser JS ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  STUDY OBJECTIVE: The characteristics of some populations make epidemiological measurement extremely difficult. The objective of this study is to identify risk factors that explain variation among incidence densities and proportions of one occupational illness, green tobacco sickness, within one such special population, Latino migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the United States. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: 37 farmworker residential sites located in Granville and Wake Counties, North Carolina, USA. PARTICIPANTS: 182 migrant and seasonal farmworkers that included 178 Latino men, three Latino women, and one non-Hispanic white man. MAIN RESULTS: Green tobacco sickness had a prevalence of 0.082, and an incidence density of events per 100 days of 1.88 among the farmworkers. Prevalence and incidence density increased from early to late agricultural season. Major risk factors included lack of work experience, work activities, and working in wet clothes. Tobacco use was protective. CONCLUSION: Green tobacco sickness has a high incidence among migrant and seasonal farmworkers. Because workers have little control over most risk factors, further research is needed to identify ways to prevent this occupational illness. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Demography Farmers Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Safety Management Tobacco Products Workplace
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Demographic-characteristics Models Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Qualitative-analysis Racial-factors Safety-measures Safety-practices Tobacco Tobacco-industry Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  0143-005X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  55
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029643
• Citation:
  J Epidemiol Community Health 2001 Nov; 55(11):818-824
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr Arcury, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC 27157-1084
• Email:
  tarcury@wfubmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment And Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19980930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190575/cdc_190575_DS1.pdf
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