The impact of heat and impaired kidney function on productivity of Guatemalan sugarcane workers.

The impact of heat and impaired kidney function on productivity of Guatemalan sugarcane workers.

BACKGROUND:Climate change has implications for human health and productivity. Models suggest that heat extremes affect worker health, reduce labor capacity, and commodity supply. Chronic health conditions are on the rise internationally. However there is a paucity of direct empirical evidence relati...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Miranda Dally, Jaime Butler-Dawson, Lyndsay Krisher, Andrew Monaghan, David Weitzenkamp, Cecilia Sorensen, Richard J Johnson, Elizabeth J Carlton, Claudia Asensio, Liliana Tenney, Lee S Newman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6173423?pdf=render

Internet

http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6173423?pdf=render

Similar Items