Preventing heat-related illness among agricultural workers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-215

  Jackson, Larry L ^a   Rosenberg, Howard R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 77955009149     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2010.487021     Document Type: Article

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