Use of personal protective equipment in agricultural workers under hot and humid conditions

Industrial Health

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-201

  Park, Eun Kee ^a,c   Hannaford Turner, Kirsty ^a   Lee, Hu Jang ^b  

^a Research and Education Unit   (Australia)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEAT INJURY; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; HYPERTHERMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TROPIC CLIMATE; UROLITHIASIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDRATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 65449184984     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.47.200     Document Type: Article

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