Monitoring physiological variables of mining workers at high altitude

IEEE Industry Application Society, 52nd Annual Meeting: IAS 2016

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages

  Aqueveque, Pablo ^a   Gutierrez, Christopher ^a   Saavedra, Francisco ^a   Pino, Esteban J ^a   Morales, Anibal S ^b   Wiechmann, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

high altitude; mining operations; non invasive monitoring; occupational safety health; physiological variables; workers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HEALTH; MINERS; PHYSIOLOGY;

HIGH-ALTITUDE; MINING OPERATIONS; NON-INVASIVE MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES; WORKERS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 85002245114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IAS.2016.7731934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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