The Incidence of Green Tobacco Sickness Among Latino Farmworkers

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Norton D ; Preisser JS ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  We estimated the prevalence and incidence density (ID) and the risk factors of green tobacco sickness among minority farmworkers in North Carolina. Using a prospective surveillance design, 182 farmworkers were interviewed up to 5 times at biweekly intervals in 1999. The green tobacco sickness prevalence was 24.2%, whereas the ID was 1.88 days per 100 days worked. Greater work experience (5+ years, ID = 0.87; first year ID = 2.41) and tobacco use (ID of 1.18 vs 2.39) were negatively associated with green tobacco sickness. Task (e.g., priming ID, 4.04; topping ID, 1.86; barning ID, 0.62) and working in wet clothing (25% of workdays ID, 2.97; fewer than 25% of workdays ID, 1.29) had the largest effect. More effort must be directed toward preventing this occupational illness that affects workers who have little control over workplace safety. [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 Occupational-diseases Occupational-health Qualitative-analysis Racial-factors Safety-measures Safety-practices Surveillance-programs Tobacco Tobacco-industry Work-environment Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• 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:
  43
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029645
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2001 Jul; 43(7):601-609
• Contact Point Address:
  Thomas A. Arcury, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1084
• Email:
  tarcury@wfubmc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• 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 Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:79188e7cabade2421d2cd564de5f4df16d257404c7402a607fc7ad4d54e64160dc56abcc72867948e1b1d5e55421880e76d2f3c7ac091a5d410f0bd29d64b02a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190577/cdc_190577_DS1.pdf
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