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Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
Abstract
LOPEZ-ANTUNANO, Francisco Javier and TOVAR-GUZMAN, Víctor José. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2002, vol.44, suppl.1, pp.s136-s143. ISSN 0036-3634.
A MEDLINE search was conducted to identify relevant references, to review the information on adverse effects of tobacco smoking and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Occupational exposure to ETS causes significant damages to food industry workers. High levels of mutagenic substances have been demonstrated in restaurant air as well as in the urine samples from those workers. Exposition to 3-aminophenyl, a hemoglobine-associated carcinogen. The best way to protect these workers is the reduction of tobacco smoking in restaurants, hotels, bars and taverns. In restaurant workers, ETS attributable risk for lung cancer is evident.
Keywords : environmental tobacco smoke; risk of smoking; hotel; restaurants; cantines and taverns workers.