Effects of heat stress on working populations when facing climate change

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-15

  Lundgren, Karin ^a   Kuklane, Kalev ^a   Gao, Chuansi ^a   Holmér, Ingvar ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Developing countries; Heat stress; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874035192     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0089     Document Type: Review

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