Search Results - "Flunker, John C."

The effect of the participatory heat education and awareness tools (HEAT) intervention on agricultural worker physiological heat strain: results from a parallel, comparison, group randomized study by Chavez Santos, Erica, Spector, June T, Egbert, Jared, Krenz, Jennifer, Sampson, Paul D, Palmández, Pablo, Torres, Elizabeth, Blancas, Maria, Carmona, Jose, Jung, Jihoon, Flunker, John C

“…Farmworkers are at risk of heat-related illness (HRI). We sought to: 1) evaluate the effectiveness of farmworker Spanish/English participatory heat education…”
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Occupational exposures and associated risk factors among U.S. casino workers: a narrative review by Clouser, Jessica Miller, Flunker, John C, Swanberg, Jennifer E, Betz, Gail, Baidwan, Surjeet, Tracy, J Kathleen

“…We conducted a narrative literature review of U.S. casino occupational health and safety research based on the following inclusion criteria: 1) focused on…”
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Occupational heat‐related illness in Washington State: A descriptive study of day of illness and prior day ambient temperatures among cases and clusters, 2006–2021 by Spector, June T., Sampson, Luke, Flunker, John C., Adams, Darrin, Bonauto, David K.

“…Background Insufficient heat acclimatization is a risk factor for heat‐related illness (HRI) morbidity, particularly during periods of sudden temperature…”
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Analysis of Thoroughbred horse farm workers’ compensation insurance claims in Kentucky: Injury frequency, cost, lost time, and associated occupational factors by Flunker, John C., Clouser, Jessica Miller, Swanberg, Jennifer E.

“…Background Thoroughbred horse farm workers self‐report a high frequency of work‐related injuries and pain. However, an analysis of Thoroughbred horse farm…”
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Potential Impacts of Different Occupational Outdoor Heat Exposure Thresholds among Washington State Crop and Construction Workers and Implications for Other Jurisdictions by Flunker, John C, Zuidema, Christopher, Jung, Jihoon, Kasner, Edward, Cohen, Martin, Seto, Edmund, Austin, Elena, Spector, June T

“…Occupational heat exposure is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality among outdoor workers. We sought to descriptively evaluate spatiotemporal…”
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Advancing the community health vulnerability index for wildland fire smoke exposure by Jung, Jihoon, Wilkins, Joseph L., Schollaert, Claire L., Masuda, Yuta J., Flunker, John C., Connolly, Rachel E., D'Evelyn, Savannah M., Bonillia, Eimy, Rappold, Ana G., Haugo, Ryan D., Marlier, Miriam E., Spector, June T.

“…Wildland fire smoke risks are not uniformly distributed across people and places, and the most vulnerable communities are often disproportionately impacted…”
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Environmental exposures and pulmonary function among adult residents of rural Appalachian Kentucky by Flunker, John C, Sanderson, Wayne T, Christian, W Jay, Mannino, David M, Browning, Steven R

“…Estimated residential exposures of adults to roadway density and several metrics of resource extraction, including coal mining and oil and gas drilling, were…”
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Farmworker-Relevant Heat Exposure in Different Crop and Shade Conditions by Flunker, John C., Spector, June T., Blancas, Maria, Briggs, Nicole L., Flores, Miriam, Whitaker, Carolyn Reeb, Schoonover, Todd, Cardoso, Tamre

“…Agricultural workers are at risk of heat-related illness, which is preventable. Few field studies have compared farmworker-relevant heat exposure in different…”
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Pulmonary function among Latino thoroughbred horse farmworkers by Flunker, John C., Clouser, Jessica Miller, Mannino, David, Swanberg, Jennifer

“…Background Latino thoroughbred workers may be at risk for developing abnormal pulmonary function related to occupational exposures. Methods Eighty worker…”
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Poor safety climate, long work hours, and musculoskeletal discomfort among Latino horse farm workers by Swanberg, Jennifer, Clouser, Jessica Miller, Gan, Wenqi, Flunker, John C., Westneat, Susan, Browning, Steven R.

“…This study investigated the prevalence of self-reported musculoskeletal discomfort (MSD) and work-related factors associated with elevated MSD among Latino…”
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Individual and occupational characteristics associated with respiratory symptoms among latino horse farm workers by Swanberg, Jennifer E., Clouser, Jessica Miller, Gan, Wenqi, Mannino, David M., Flunker, John C.

“…Background Latino workers are likely exposed to a variety of respiratory hazards in the horse barn, yet the potential impact of these exposures on respiratory…”
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Population variation in plant traits associated with ant attraction and herbivory in Chamaecrista fasciculata (Fabaceae) by Rios, Rodrigo S, Marquis, Robert J, Flunker, John C

“…The benefits of ant-plant-herbivore interactions for the plant depend on the abundance of ants and herbivores and the selective pressures these arthropods…”
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