Intervention to diminish dehydration and kidney damage among sugarcane workers

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Intervention to diminish dehydration and kidney damage among sugarcane workers

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Wegman, David H , Apelqvist, Jenny , Bottai, Matteo , Ekström, Ulf , García-Trabanino, Ramón , Glaser, Jason , Hogstedt, Christer , Jakobsson, Kristina , Jarquín, Emmanuel , Lucas, Rebekah A I , Weiss, Ilana , Wesseling, Catharina , Bodin, Theo , The Work Health and Efficiency (WE) Program Working Group , Work Health and Efficiency (WE) Program Working Group , Work Health Efficiency (WE) Program Working Group , Faculty of Medicine , Medicinska fakulteten , Strategiska forskningsområden (SFO) , Avdelningen för klinisk kemi och farmakologi , Department of Laboratory Medicine , Environmental health and occupational health , EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health , Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin , Strategic research areas (SRA) , Lunds universitet , Arbetsorganisation och hälsa , Division of Clinical Chemistry and Pharmacology , Profilområden och andra starka forskningsmiljöer , Lund University , Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin , Profile areas and other strong research environments and Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University

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Finland: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health

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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health, 2018-01, Vol.44 (1), p.16-24

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English

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Finland: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health

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Objective The aim of this study was to assess the potential to reduce kidney function damage during the implementation of a water, rest, shade (WRS) and efficiency intervention program among sugarcane workers. Methods A WRS intervention program adapted from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) coupled with an efficiency progr...