Heat stress standard for hot work environments in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-90

  Tanaka, Masatoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Indoor thermal condition; Thermal standard; Work efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGRICULTURE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 33846865594     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.85     Document Type: Review

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