Health impacts of workplace heat exposure: An epidemiological review

Industrial Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 91-101

  Xiang, Jianjun ^a   Bi, Peng ^a   Pisaniello, Dino ^a   Hansen, Alana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health and safety; Heat stress; Work related injury; Workplace heat exposure

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGRICULTURE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FIREFIGHTERS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKPLACE;

AGRICULTURE; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FIREFIGHTERS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84899980330     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2012-0145     Document Type: Review

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