Monitoring Physiological Variables of Mining Workers at High Altitude

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 2628-2634

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

High altitude; mining operations; noninvasive monitoring; occupational safety health (OS H); 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: 85028347380     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2017.2675360     Document Type: Article

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