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Autor:
Paul Monaghan, Karissa Raskin, María Morera, Antonio Tovar, Valerie Mac, Joan Flocks, Marlia Bosques Martínez, Jonael Bosques, Francisco P. Rivera Meléndez
Publikováno v:
EDIS, Vol 2024, Iss 5 (2024)
Mientras el clima de Florida lo hace ideal para producir una amplia variedad de cultivos, la intensidad del calor y la humedad también pueden representar peligros importantes para quienes trabajan en la agricultura. Con tres de los años más caluro
Externí odkaz:
https://doaj.org/article/45ef24b5bffe410ebffd85316b0901cc
Autor:
Michelle M. Dynes, Gaea A. Daniel, Valerie Mac, Brenda Picho, Alice Asiimwe, Agnes Nalutaaya, Gregory Opio, Vincent Kamara, Frank Kaharuza, Florina Serbanescu
Publikováno v:
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 23, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2023)
Abstract Background Perinatal mortality (newborn deaths in the first week of life and stillbirths) continues to be a significant global health threat, particularly in resource-constrained settings. Low-tech, innovative solutions that close the qualit
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https://doaj.org/article/c31d9a0a9d4c4edd9322ecd15f373000
Autor:
Paul Monaghan, Karissa Raskin, Maria Morera, Jose Antonio Tovar Aguilar, Valerie Mac, Joan Flocks
Publikováno v:
EDIS, Vol 2020, Iss 5 (2020)
Heat-related illness (HRI) can range from rashes, fainting, and cramps to heat exhaustion and heat stroke. It can be fatal, and all outdoor workers in agriculture (as well as those in high-heat indoor settings such as greenhouses) are at risk. This n
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https://doaj.org/article/89a136b7056044018e40b543f0be68ac
Autor:
Daniel J. Smith, Valerie Mac, Lisa M. Thompson, Laura Plantinga, Lauren Kasper, Vicki S. Hertzberg
Publikováno v:
Workplace Health & Safety. 70:251-258
Background: Immigrants often work in jobs that are known as dirty, demanding, and dangerous. Globally, the agricultural occupations have been associated with the emergence of chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) primarily in outdoor work
Autor:
Madelyn C. Houser, Jeff M. Sands, Valerie Mac, Lisa Elon, Malú G. Tansey, Daniel J. Smith, Vicki S. Hertzberg, Nezahualcoyotl Xiuhtecutli, Roxana Chicas, Linda McCauley, Joan Flocks
Publikováno v:
Biol Res Nurs
Globally, there is increasing recognition that agricultural workers are at risk for chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKD u). Recurrent heat exposure, physical exertion, dehydration, muscle damage, and inflammation are hypothesized to contr
Autor:
Irene Yang, Leda Bassit, William T. Hu, Whitney Wharton, Raymond F. Schinazi, Tugba Ozturk, Shama Pirmohammed, J. Christina Howell, F. Eun-Hyung Lee, Richard P. Ramonell, Daniel Smith, Kevin S. Cashman, Vincent C. Marconi, Ignacio Sanz, Valerie Mac, Karima Benameur, John D. Roback
Publikováno v:
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 26, Iss 12, Pp 2974-2978 (2020)
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Among patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), IgM levels increased early after symptom onset for those with mild and severe disease, but IgG levels increased early only in those with severe disease. A similar pattern was observed in a separate
Autor:
Jose Antonio Tovar-Aguilar, Vicki S. Hertzberg, Eugenia Economos, Linda McCauley, Valerie Mac, Lisa Elon
Publikováno v:
Workplace Health & Safety. 67:470-480
With expected increases in extreme weather, there may be a greater risk of injury from extreme heat in outdoor worker populations. To plan for future adaptation measures, studies are needed that can characterize workers’ physiologic responses to he
Autor:
Jacqueline Mix, Valerie Mac, Linda McCauley, Vicki S. Hertzberg, Roxana Chicas, Nathan Eric Dickman, Joan Flocks
Publikováno v:
Workplace Health & Safety. 67:481-490
For the past two decades, agricultural workers in regions of Central America have reported an epidemic of chronic kidney disease of undetermined etiology (CKDu) that is not associated with established risk factors of chronic kidney disease. Several h
Autor:
Lisa M. Thompson, Lisa M Pius, Daniel J. Smith, Laura C. Plantinga, Vicki S. Hertzberg, Valerie Mac
Publikováno v:
Journal of agromedicine. 27(2)
Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) has been well described in farmworkers in Latin America. Agricultural workers in the United States (US) are exposed to similar hot and humid working conditions, but CKDu in the US is under-described.
Autor:
Lisa Elon, Joan Flocks, Valerie Mac, Linda McCauley, Jacqueline Mix, Vicki S. Hertzberg, Antonio J Tovar-Aguilar, Eugenia Economos
Publikováno v:
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine. 63(5)
Background There is a compelling need to identify agricultural workers at risk for heat related illness (HRI). Methods Data from Florida agricultural workers (N = 221) were collected over 3 summer workdays (2015 to 2017) to examine risk factors for e