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Excessive occupational heat exposure: a significant ergonomic challenge and health risk for current and future workers

Occupational heat exposure threatens the health of a worker not only when heat illness occurs but also when a worker’s performance and work capacity is impaired. Occupational contexts that involve hot and humid climatic conditions, heavy physical workloads and/or protective clothing create a strenuo...

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Autores principales:	Lucas, Rebekah A I, Epstein, Yoram, Kjellstrom, Tord
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Review
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4107471/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25057350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-7648-3-14

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