Symptoms of heat illness among Latino farm workers in North Carolina

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 468-471

  Mirabelli, Maria C ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a   Crain, Rebecca ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Robinson, Erin N ^a   Vallejos, Quirina M ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRY SKIN; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEAT INJURY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; REST; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXTREME HEAT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958172283     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.07.008     Document Type: Article

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