Climate change and occupational heat problems

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-2

  Kjellstrom, Tord ^a   Sawada, Shin Ichi ^b   Bernard, Thomas E ^c   Parsons, Ken ^d   Rintamäki, Hannu ^e   Holmér, Ingvar ^f  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EDITORIAL; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84874032750     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS5101ED     Document Type: Editorial

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