First reported outbreak of green tobacco sickness in Brazil Primeiro relato do surto da doença da folha verde do tabaco no Brasil

• Main Authors: Patricia Pereira Vasconcelos de Oliveira (Author), Camila Brederode Sihler (Author), Lenildo de Moura (Author), Deborah Carvalho Malta (Author), Maria Célia de Albuquerque Torres (Author), Sandra Márcia da Costa Pereira Lima (Author), Ana Lucia Alves de Lima (Author), Carlos Eduardo Leite (Author), Vera Luiza da Costa- (Author), Jeremy Sobel (Author), Tatiana Miranda Lanzieri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Dermal absorption of nicotine by people harvesting tobacco may cause an acute intoxication called green tobacco sickness. Although Brazil is the second largest producer of tobacco in the world, green tobacco sickness had not been reported in the country to date. We conducted a 1:1 matched case-contr...