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Research Paper

Health vs. wealth: Employer, employee and policy-maker perspectives on occupational heat stress across multiple European industries

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Pages 284-301 | Received 20 Oct 2020, Accepted 13 Nov 2020, Published online: 14 Dec 2020

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