Workplace heat stress in the context of rising temperature in India

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 496-503

  Dash, S K ^a   Kjellstrom, T ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heat stress; Outdoor exposure; Warm spells; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053604759     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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