Cold exposure and health effects among frozen food processing workers in Eastern Thailand

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-61

  Thetkathuek, Anamai ^a   Yingratanasuk, Tanongsak ^a   Jaidee, Wanlop ^a   Ekburanawat, Wiwat ^b  

^a BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Occupational Medicine Center Samitivej Sriracha Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

cold; health surveillance; illness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FROZEN FOOD PROCESSING WORKER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SMOKING; THAILAND; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 84926289875     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2014.10.004     Document Type: Article

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