Heat-related illness among Oregon farmworkers

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9273-9285

  Bethel, Jeffrey W ^a   Harger, Renee ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Farmworker; Heat related illness; Latino; Migrant health

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; LATINO PEOPLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB EXPERIENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SYMPTOM; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908079297     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110909273     Document Type: Article

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