Environmental and Behavioral Predictors of Salivary Cotinine in Latino Tobacco Workers

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• Personal Author:
  Arcury TA ; Bernert, John T. ; Norton D ; Preisser JS ; Quandt SA
• Description:
  We report the results of a cohort study of 182 seasonal and migrant farmworkers engaged in tobacco production in two North Carolina counties. Data were collected on tobacco work tasks and risk factors for exposure to nicotine, including smoking, every 2 weeks over a 10-week period during the summer of 1999. Saliva samples were collected for cotinine analysis at every contact. Salivary cotinine levels increased across the season, independent of smoking status. Multivariate analyses identified a model (R2 = 0.68) in which predictors of cotinine included greater age, later-season work, wet working conditions, smoking, and work task. Harvesting ("priming") tobacco was associated with higher cotinine levels than other tasks. This study demonstrates that tobacco workers experience substantial work-related exposure to nicotine. The long-term effects of such exposure should be investigated. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emigration And Immigration Farmers Occupational Health Safety Smokers Tobacco Products
• Keywords:
  Cigarette Smoking Exposure Assessment Farm Workers Migrant Workers Seasonal Workers Tobacco Tobacco Industry
• 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:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057886
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2001 Oct; 43(10):844-852
• Contact Point Address:
  Sara A. Quandt, PhD, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1064
• Email:
  squandt@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 Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3e5884b60046c909edc4e47d761b763ff3f9c513402733dd6b1b9f1a721345e5e0ab02c565834cb9de4cf600b76e6c2b48b45f202d4fffca29b59d85e280f266
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215092/cdc_215092_DS1.pdf
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