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Extreme heat and work injuries in Kuwait’s hot summers

BACKGROUND: Hot, desert Gulf countries are host to millions of migrant workers doing outdoor jobs such as construction and hospitality. The Gulf countries apply a summertime ban on midday work to protect workers from extreme heat, although without clear evidence of effectiveness. We assessed the ris...

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Autores principales: Alahmad, Barrak, Al-Hemoud, Ali, Al-Bouwarthan, Mohammed, Khraishah, Haitham, Kamel, Mohamed, Akrouf, Qassem, Wegman, David H, Bernstein, Aaron S, Koutrakis, Petros
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10314047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37068948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2022-108697