Hydration Status of Expatriate Manual Workers During Summer in the Middle East

Background: Implicit in all indices used for risk assessment in the prevention of heat stress is the assumption that workers are healthy and well hydrated; studies in Australian mine workers have shown that this is not the case. Where workers are poorly hydrated, the level of protection offered by m...

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Main Authors: Bates, Graham, Miller, Veronica, Joubert, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39770