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Workplace heat exposure, health protection, and economic impacts: A case study in Canada

Vanos, Jennifer; Vecellio, Daniel J; Kjellstrom, Tord

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Background: Occupational heat exposure is a serious concern for worker health, productivity, and the economy. Few studies in North America assess how on‐site wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) levels and guidelines are applied in practice.

dc.contributor.authorVanos, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorVecellio, Daniel J
dc.contributor.authorKjellstrom, Tord
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-22T00:12:22Z
dc.identifier.issn0271-3586
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/211314
dc.description.abstractBackground: Occupational heat exposure is a serious concern for worker health, productivity, and the economy. Few studies in North America assess how on‐site wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) levels and guidelines are applied in practice.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Inc.
dc.rights© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc
dc.sourceAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine
dc.titleWorkplace heat exposure, health protection, and economic impacts: A case study in Canada
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume62
dc.date.issued2019
local.identifier.absfor111705 - Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5786633xPUB1352
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.wiley.com/en-gb
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationVanos, Jennifer, Arizona State University
local.contributor.affiliationVecellio, Daniel J, Texas A&M University
local.contributor.affiliationKjellstrom, Tord, College of Health and Medicine, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue12
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1024
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage1037
local.identifier.doi10.1002/ajim.22966
local.identifier.absseo920407 - Health Protection and/or Disaster Response
dc.date.updated2020-06-23T00:57:08Z
local.identifier.thomsonIDWOS:000495129200002
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