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How are healthy, working populations affected by increasing temperatures in the tropics? Implications for climate change adaptation policies
(Global Environmental Change, 2019-05-01)
Climate change and land use change are increasing average and extreme temperatures. Hotter temperatures can detrimentally affect workers’ health and their economic productivity and livelihoods, especially in rural areas ...
Association between work in deforested, compared to forested, areas and human heat strain: an experimental study in a rural tropical environment
(IOP Publishing, 2019-03-19)
Background.With climate change, adverse human health effects caused by heat exposure are of
increasing public health concern. Forests provide beneficial ecosystemservices for human health,
including local cooling. ...