Comparison of subjective symptoms and hot prevention measures in summer between traffic control workers and construction workers in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-99

  Inaba, Ryoichi ^a   Mirbod, Seyed Mohammad ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Construction; Heat stress; Questionnaire; Subjective symptom; Summer; WBGT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; TRAFFIC; WORKER; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33846873671     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.91     Document Type: Article

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