Browsing Artículos científicos by Author "Kjellstrom, Tord"

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    • Climate Change, workplace heat exposure, and Occupational Health and productivity in Central America 

      Kjellstrom, Tord; Crowe, Jennifer (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2011)
      Climate change is increasing heat exposure in places such as Central America, a tropical region with generally hot/humid conditions. Working people are at particular risk of heat stress because of the intrabody heat ...

    • Heat exposure in sugarcane harvesters in Costa Rica 

      Crowe, Jennifer; Wesseling, Catharina; Román Solano, Bryan; Pinto Umaña, Manfred; Robles Ramírez, Andrés; Kjellstrom, Tord; Morales, David; Nilsson, Maria (Wiley Periodicals, 2013)
      Background Occupational heat stress is a major concern in sugarcane production and has been hypothesized as a causal factor of a chronic kidney disease epidemic in Central America. This study described working conditions ...

    • Heat-Related Symptoms in Sugarcane Harvesters 

      Crowe, Jennifer; Nilsson, Lena Maria; Kjellstrom, Tord; Wesseling, Catharina (Wiley, 2015-02-26)
      Background: Exposure to heat stress is a documented risk for Central American sugarcane harvesters. However, little is known about heat-related illness in this population. Methods: This study examined the frequency of ...