Heat-Related symptoms in sugarcane harvesters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 541-548

  Crowe, Jennifer ^a   Nilsson, Maria ^b   Kjellstrom, Tord ^b,c   Wesseling, Catharina ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Health and Environment International Trust   (New Zealand)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural worker; Central America; Chronic kidney disease; Climate change; Heat stress; Sugarcane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CLIMATE; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SUGARCANE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CLIMATE; FARMERS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SACCHARUM; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926387780     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22450     Document Type: Article

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