Heat exposure study in the workplace in a glass manufacturing unit in India

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 449-453

  Srivastava, A ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Joseph, E ^a   Kumar, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Corrected effective temperature (CET); Glass factory; Heat stress; Tropical country; Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) index

Indexed keywords

GLASS MANUFACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRESS; TROPICS;

CORRECTED EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE (CET); MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE (MRT); WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE (WBGT) INDEX;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLASS INDUSTRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TROPICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034283696     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(00)00003-X     Document Type: Article

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