Workplace heat stress, health and productivity – an increasing challenge for low and middle-income countries during climate change
Global Health Action2009Vol. 2(1), pp. 2047–2047
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Abstract
One result of climate change is a reduced work capacity in heat-exposed jobs and greater difficulty in achieving economic and social development in the countries affected by this somewhat neglected impact of climate change.
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