Occupational Heat Stress Impacts on Health and Productivity in a Steel Industry in Southern India

Occupational Heat Stress Impacts on Health and Productivity in a Steel Industry in Southern India

Background: Workers laboring in steel industries in tropical settings with high ambient temperatures are subjected to thermally stressful environments that can create well-known risks of heat-related illnesses and limit workers’ productivity. Methods: A cross-sectional study undertaken in a steel in...

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Main Authors:	Manikandan Krishnamurthy, Paramesh Ramalingam, Kumaravel Perumal, Latha Perumal Kamalakannan, Jeremiah Chinnadurai, Rekha Shanmugam, Krishnan Srinivasan, Vidhya Venugopal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:	Safety and Health at Work
Subjects:	climate change health risks occupational heat stress productivity loss steel industry
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791116302220

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