Burnt sugarcane harvesting - cardiovascular effects on a group of healthy workers, Brazil.

<h4>Background</h4>Brazil is the world's largest producer of sugarcane. Harvest is predominantly manual, exposing workers to health risks: intense physical exertion, heat, pollutants from sugarcane burning.<h4>Design</h4>Panel study to evaluate the effects of burnt sugar...

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Main Authors: Cristiane Maria Galvão Barbosa, Mário Terra-Filho, André Luis Pereira de Albuquerque, Dante Di Giorgi, Cesar Grupi, Carlos Eduardo Negrão, Maria Urbana Pinto Brandão Rondon, Daniel Godoy Martinez, Tânia Marcourakis, Fabiana Almeida dos Santos, Alfésio Luís Ferreira Braga, Dirce Maria Trevisan Zanetta, Ubiratan de Paula Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23029413/?tool=EBI