Hydration status of expatriate manual workers during summer in the Middle East

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Bates, Graham P ^a   Miller, Veronica S ^a   Joubert, Darren M ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Heat stress; Heat related illness; Hydration; Manual work

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HYDRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; THERMAL STRESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STRESS CONDITION; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MANUAL WORK; MANUAL WORKERS; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 77749291803     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep076     Document Type: Article

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