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Heat Strain and Use of Heat Mitigation Strategies among COVID-19 Healthcare Workers Wearing Personal Protective Equipment—A Retrospective Study

The combination of an exacerbated workload and impermeable nature of the personal protective equipment (PPE) worn by COVID-19 healthcare workers increases heat strain. We aimed to compare the prevalence of heat strain symptoms before (routine care without PPE) versus during the COVID-19 pandemic (CO...

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Autores principales: Bongers, Coen C. W. G., de Korte, Johannus Q., Zwartkruis, Mike, Levels, Koen, Kingma, Boris R. M., Eijsvogels, Thijs M. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8834922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35162925
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031905