TY - JOUR AU - da Mota e Silva, Marcelo Soares AU - da Glória da Costa Carvalho, Maria AU - Moreira, Josino Costa AU - de Oliveira Barreto, Emiliano AU - de Farias, Karol Fireman AU - Nascimento, Cristiane Araújo AU - da Silva, Francisca Maria Nunes AU - de Andrade, Tiago Gomes AU - Luiz, Ronir Raggio AU - de Moura Neto, Rodrigo Soares AU - Ribeiro, Fernanda Lattario PY - 2018 DA - 2018/01/12 TI - Green Tobacco Sickness among Brazilian farm workers and genetic polymorphisms JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 20 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Green Tobacco Sickness (GTS) is an occupational illness caused by dermal absorption of nicotine from tobacco leaves. It affects thousands of farm workers worldwide. Brazil is the second tobacco producer in the world; despite this, there are few studies on GTS among Brazilian harvesters. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of GTS among a population of tobacco workers from a producing area in northeastern Brazil and investigate whether the occurrence of the disease was influenced by factors such age, gender and smoking status. In addition, it was investigated if there was association between the onset of GTS and genetic polymorphisms in genes that encode some detoxification enzymes. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect demographic, behavioral and occupational data from the referred workers. Polymorphisms were tested through the Polymerase Chain Reaction technique. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3135-x DO - 10.1186/s13104-018-3135-x ID - da Mota e Silva2018 ER -