Green Tobacco Sickness among Thai Traditional Tobacco Farmers, Thailand

@article{Saleeon2015GreenTS,
  title={Green Tobacco Sickness among Thai Traditional Tobacco Farmers, Thailand},
  author={T. Saleeon and Wattasit Siriwong and H{\'e}ctor Luis Maldonado-P{\'e}rez and Mark Gregory Robson},
  journal={The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine},
  year={2015},
  volume={6},
  pages={169 - 176},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:23019149}
}
The process of traditional Thai tobacco production can result in increased dermal exposure and can be considered a major risk factor for green tobacco sickness (GTS) among Thai traditional tobacco farmers.
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