Open AccessThermal Exposure and Heat Illness Symptoms among Workers in Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania
Author(s) -
Eugene Benjamin Meshi,
Stephen Simon Kishinhi,
Simon Mamuya,
Matilda Rusibamayila
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of global health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 66
ISSN - 2214-9996
DOI - 10.29024/aogh.2318
Subject(s) - heat illness , tanzania , heat stress , medicine , environmental health , confidence interval , demography , toxicology , environmental science , zoology , geography , meteorology , biology , environmental planning , sociology
Working in a humid and hot environment creates challenges to occupational health and safety in tropical countries. Being in the region, Tanzania can experiences more than 30°C ambient temperature, which exposes miners to heat-related injury and illness.
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