The Girasoles (Sunflower) Study: Exploring the Physiologic Heat Stress Response

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• Personal Author:
  Hodgson N ; McCauley L
• Description:
  Researchers with SCCAHS, Linda McCauley and Joe Grzywacz, presented research about the specific impact of heat stress on farmworkers. McCauley, Dean of Nursing at Emory University, discussed how her team has been examining farmworkers' physiologic responses to heat stress in Florida through the use of biomonitoring equipment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agricultural Workers Biomonitoring Farm Workers Heat Stress Hot Environments Outdoor Workers Physiological Effects Physiological Response
• Publisher:
  Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-40
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056264
• Citation:
  Heat-Related Illness State of the Science Meeting, October 25-26, 2018, Saint Petersburg, Florida. Gainesville, FL: Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety (SCCAHS), 2018 Oct; :1-40
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• Performing Organization:
  Emory University, Atlanta
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20140901
• Source Full Name:
  Heat-Related Illness State of the Science Meeting, October 25-26, 2018, Saint Petersburg, Florida
• End Date:
  20180831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ecdd10233423ef1b5fdb5e8dfa59afc4a16575d80fdc96525d49f3ac47f804655d690927390491b2f11aa9c21d61d28f0023e5222eb697a703f097532fb74ae2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213904/cdc_213904_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.76 MB ]