green tobacco sickness

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green to·bac·co sick·ness

an illness of tobacco harvest workers characterized by headache, dizziness, and vomiting.

green tobacco sickness

a nicotine-induced illness of tobacco harvest workers characterized by headache, dizziness, vomiting, and prostration, caused by skin contact with wet tobacco leaves.

A form of nicotine poisoning that affects young tobacco workers in the Southeastern US, caused by dermal exposure to wet tobacco leaves

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Cotinine levels and green tobacco sickness among shadetobacco workers.

Green tobacco sickness in children and adolescents.

Green tobacco sickness and skin integrity among migrant latino farmworkers.

Evaluation of the standard protection clothing used during tobacco harvest and implications for the Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS) prevention/Avaliacao da vestimenta-padrao utilizada durante a colheita das folhas do tabaco e implicacoes na prevencao da Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS)