Heat related illness in palm oil mill workers under heat stress

• Main Authors: Mohammad Yusof, Nur Athirah Diyana, Karuppiah, Karmegam, Mohd Tamrin, Shamsul Bahri
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37839/1/Heat%20related%20illness%20in%20palm%20oil%20mill%20workers%20under%20heat%20stress.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37839/; http://www.aensiweb.com/old/aeb_Special8-ICEOH_2014.html

Background: Occupational heat stress is a one of the major issues in tropical countries such as Malaysia which affects workers' health and performance. In palm oil mill, most of the work processes involves high temperatures which can lead to a progression of symptoms on the body and resulting i...