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GREEN TOBACCO SICKNESS: OCCUPATIONAL NICOTINE POISONING IN TOBACCO WORKERS

An outbreak of green tobacco sickness was described. During the cutting of tobacco plants throughout harvest, 47 cases of green tobacco sickness occurred in August and September of 1992. The median age of the cases was 29 years. The most frequent symptoms included weakness, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, abdominal cramps, headache, and difficulty breathing. All affected individuals had worked in fields of wet tobacco where their clothes became wet from moisture on the plants.

Archives of Environmental Health, 50(5):384-389, 1995. (39 references)

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