Occupational Heat Stress Impacts on Health and Productivity in a Steel Industry in Southern India |
Krishnamurthy, Manikandan
(Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University)
Ramalingam, Paramesh (Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University) Perumal, Kumaravel (Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University) Kamalakannan, Latha Perumal (Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University) Chinnadurai, Jeremiah (Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University) Shanmugam, Rekha (Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University) Srinivasan, Krishnan (Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University) Venugopal, Vidhya (Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri Ramachandra University) |
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