| ID (ISN) del documento | 46294 |
| Número CIS |
86-1082 |
| Año |
1980 |
| Número de serie |
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| Título |
Occupational health problems among beedi tobacco processing workers - A preliminary study |
| Información bibliográfica |
Annual Report 1980, National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad-380016, India, p.40-48. |
| Resumen |
Results of a survey of 2 cigarette factories in the state of Gujarat (India). 69 of the 100 subjects reported vomiting, giddiness, headache, tiredness or loss of appetite. Female workers (74 subjects) showed impairment of respiratory functions. This difference from the male workers is probably due to the fact that the women are engaged in actual processing work, whereas the men are engaged in load carrying. Both male and female workers showed higher rates of nicotine and cotinine excretion than did controls. The symptoms of the workers resemble those of tobacco cultivators, and are attributable to nicotine exposure, but the levels of dust and airborne nicotine measured in the factory suggest that the route of nicotine entry is inhalation, while it is through the skin in the case of agricultural operations. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
India; polvos; nicotina; industria del tabaco |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
cotinina; paises en desarrollo; encuesta epidemiológica |
| Tipo de documento |
E - Libros, informes, actas |
| Tema(s) |
Patología profesional
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Heterocyclic compounds
Tobacco industry
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