Heat stress, health and well-being: Findings from a large national cohort of Thai adults

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Tawatsupa, Benjawan ^a,b   Yiengprugsawan, Vasoontara ^a   Kjellstrom, Tord ^a,c   Seubsman, Sam Ang ^d   Sleigh, Adrian ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SUKHOTHAI THAMMATHIRAT OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; THAILAND; TRAVEL; WELLBEING; WORK;

EID: 84873882991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001396     Document Type: Article

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