Risk Factors for Heat-Related Illness in Washington Crop Workers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 349-359

  Spector, June T ^a,b   Krenz, Jennifer ^a   Blank, Kristina N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; crop workers; farmworkers; heat related illness; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASHINGTON; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FARMERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; WASHINGTON; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84938570647     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1059924X.2015.1047107     Document Type: Article

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