Hydration status of South African forestry workers harvesting trees in autumn and winter

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-15

  Biggs, Chara ^a   Paterson, Marie ^a   Maunder, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

dehydration; forestry; hot industrial environments; hyperhydration; hyponatremia

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; FORESTRY WORKERS; HYPERHYDRATION; HYPONATREMIA; INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POTENTIALLY FATAL; SPECIFIC GRAVITY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; DEWATERING; FORESTRY; GRAVITATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; TIMBER;

DEHYDRATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RELATIVE DENSITY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; URINE;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIFIC GRAVITY;

DEHYDRATION; DRAINAGE; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GRAVITATION;

EID: 78751525463     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq068     Document Type: Article

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