Heat exposure on farmers in northeast Ghana

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 397-406

  Frimpong, Kwasi ^a   Eddie Van Etten, E J ^a   Oosthuzien, Jacques ^a   Fannam Nunfam, Victor ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Farmers; Ghana; Heat stress; Wet bulb globe temperature

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; GHANA; HEAT; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

FARMERS; FARMS; GHANA; HOT TEMPERATURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84982899562     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1219-7     Document Type: Article

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