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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 ste...

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Main Authors:	Manikandan Krishnamurthy (Author), Paramesh Ramalingam (Author), Kumaravel Perumal (Author), Latha Perumal Kamalakannan (Author), Jeremiah Chinnadurai (Author), Rekha Shanmugam (Author), Krishnan Srinivasan (Author), Vidhya Venugopal (Author)
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Published:	Elsevier, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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