Comparison of Different Heat Stress Indices for Assessing Farmers' Exposure to Heat Stress

. 2020 Sep;49(9):1810-1812.

doi: 10.18502/ijph.v49i9.4107.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran.
² Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahaid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Masoud Hamerezaee et al. Iran J Public Health. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;49(9):1810-1812.

doi: 10.18502/ijph.v49i9.4107.

¹ Department of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, Iran.
² Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahaid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

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Conflict of interest The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.

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