The association between overall health, psychological distress, and occupational heat stress among a large national cohort of 40,913 Thai workers

• Main Authors: Benjawan Tawatsupa (Author), Lynette L-Y. Lim (Author), Tord Kjellstrom (Author), Sam-ang Seubsman (Author), Adrian Sleigh (Author), The Thai Cohort Study teama (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Occupational heat stress is a well-known problem, particularly in tropical countries, affecting workers, health and well-being. There are very few recent studies that have reported on the effect of heat stress on mental health, or overall health in workers, although socioeconomic develop...