Association between work in deforested, compared to forested, areas and human heat strain: an experimental study in a rural tropical environment

Background. With climate change, adverse human health effects caused by heat exposure are of increasing public health concern. Forests provide beneficial ecosystem services for human health, including local cooling. Few studies have assessed the relationship between deforestation and heat-related he...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Megan K Suter, Kristin A Miller, Ike Anggraeni, Kristie L Ebi, Edward T Game, Jennifer Krenz, Yuta J Masuda, Lianne Sheppard, Nicholas H Wolff, June T Spector
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Subjects:	heat exposure deforestation climate change forest services tropics agriculture
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab2b53