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A pilot field evaluation on heat stress in sugarcane workers in Costa Rica: What to do next?
BACKGROUND: Climate change is producing major impacts including increasing temperatures in tropical countries, like Costa Rica, where the sugarcane industry employs thousands of workers who are exposed to extreme heat. OBJECTIVES: This article outlines a pilot qualitative evaluation of working condi...
Autores principales: | Crowe, Jennifer, van Wendel de Joode, Berna, Wesseling, Catharina |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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CoAction Publishing
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20052430 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v2i0.2062 |
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