Heat exposure from tropical deforestation decreases cognitive performance of rural workers: an experimental study
The effect of tropical deforestation on heat exposure and subsequent human health outcomes remains understudied, especially among an increasingly vulnerable population—healthy, adult subsistence workers in rural industrializing tropical countries. We report on a field experiment that estimated the s...
Main Authors: | Yuta J Masuda, Teevrat Garg, Ike Anggraeni, Nicholas H Wolff, Kristie Ebi, Edward T Game, Jennifer Krenz, June T Spector |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2020-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abb96c |
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