Current and future heat stress in Nicaraguan work places under a changing climate

Industrial Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-127

  Sheffield, Perry E ^a   Herrera, Juan Gabriel Ruiz ^b   Lemke, Bruno ^c   Kjellstrom, Tord ^d,e   Romero, Luis E Blanco ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b en el Jardín botánico ambiental de la UNAN León   (Nicaragua)

^c NELSON MARLBOROUGH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Global health; Thermal stress; WBGT; Work environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874039881     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0156     Document Type: Article

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