Excessive occupational heat exposure: A significant ergonomic challenge and health risk for current and future workers

Extreme Physiology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lucas, Rebekah A I ^a   Epstein, Yoram ^b   Kjellstrom, Tord ^a,c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Exposure; Heat stress; Occupational injury; Productivity; Work

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARMY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERGONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAT INJURY; HEAT LOSS; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; THERMAL EXPOSURE; THERMOREGULATION; TROPICS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84908453607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20467648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-7648-3-14     Document Type: Review

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