@article{ref1,
title="Recruitment, methods, and descriptive results of a physiologic assessment of Latino farmworkers: the California Heat Illness Prevention Study",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2017",
author="Mitchell, Diane C. and Castro, Javier and Armitage, Tracey L. and Vega-Arroyo, Alondra J. and Moyce, Sally C. and Tancredi, Daniel J. and Bennett, Deborah H. and Jones, James H. and Kjellstrom, Tord and Schenker, Marc B.",
volume="59",
number="7",
pages="649-658",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The California heat illness prevention study (CHIPS) devised methodology and collected physiological data to assess heat related illness (HRI) risk in Latino farmworkers. <br><br>METHODS: Bilingual researchers monitored HRI across a workshift, recording core temperature, work rate (metabolic equivalents [METs]), and heart rate at minute intervals. Hydration status was assessed by changes in weight and blood osmolality. Personal data loggers and a weather station measured exposure to heat. Interviewer administered questionnaires were used to collect demographic and occupational information. <br><br>RESULTS: California farmworkers (n = 588) were assessed. Acceptable quality data was obtained from 80% of participants (core temperature) to 100% of participants (weight change). Workers (8.3%) experienced a core body temperature more than or equal to 38.5 °C and 11.8% experienced dehydration (lost more than 1.5% of body weight). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Methodology is presented for the first comprehensive physiological assessment of HRI risk in California farmworkers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000000988",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000988"
}