Airborne Nicotine Concentrations in the Workplaces of Tobacco Farmers
| Autor: | In-Shik Kim, Byoung-Seok Kim, Sung-Jun Park, Hyun-Sul Lim, Kwan Hee Lee, Jik Su Kim, Seok ju Yoo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Nicotine
Future studies lcsh:Medicine Toxicology Air pollutants Green tobacco sickness Environmental health Occupational Exposure Nicotine concentration Tobacco medicine Humans Workplace Air Pollutants business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Alkaloid Poisoning lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 Agriculture Inhalation Original Article Occupational exposure Green Tobacco Sickness business Barn (unit) medicine.drug Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Vol 47, Iss 3, Pp 144-149 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2233-4521 1975-8375 |
| Popis: | Objectives Nicotine is a natural alkaloid and insecticide in tobacco leaves. Green tobacco sickness (GTS) is known as a disease of acute nicotine intoxication among tobacco farmers. Until now, GTS has been recognized globally as a disease that results from nicotine absorption through the skin. However, we assumed that GTS might also result from nicotine inhalation as well as absorption. We aimed to measure the airborne nicotine concentrations in various work environments of Korean tobacco farmers. Methods We measured the nicotine concentrations in the tobacco fields, private curing barns, and joint curing barns of farmers from July to October 2010. All sampling and analyses of airborne nicotine were conducted according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health manual of analytic methods. Results The airborne nicotine concentrations (geometric mean [geometric standard deviation]) in the tobacco field were 83.4 mg/m(3) (1.2) in the upper region and 93.3 mg/m(3) (1.2) in the lower region. In addition, the nicotine concentration by personal sampling was 150.1 mg/m(3). Similarly, the nicotine concentrations in the private curing barn, workers in curing barns, the front yard of the curing barn, and in the joint curing barn were 323.7 mg/m(3) (2.0), 121.0 mg/m(3) (1.5), 73.7 mg/m(3) (1.7), and 610.3 mg/m(3) (1.0), respectively. Conclusions The nicotine concentration in the workplaces of tobacco farmers was very high. Future studies should measure the environmental concentration of nicotine that is inhaled by tobacco farmers. |
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