Physiological and Physical Responses of Heat Stress: A Study on Women Farm Workers during Wheat Harvesting
M. Anusha,
M. Lokesh,
G. Aditya
et al.
Abstract:Heart rate and mean skin temperature (MST) are the physiological workload and overall discomfort rate (ODR), Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is the physical workload due to heat stress. The whole study was conducted during the manual harvesting of wheat crop by using local sickle at instructional Farm, CTAE, Udaipur. The study was conducted on ten female farm workers identified from the population of workers in the age bracket of 18 to 45 years. The chosen workers were wearing their usual outfits during the… Show more
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