Heat-related illness symptoms among migrant farmworkers: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Lena van Selm, Sarah Williams, Eman Elafef, Helena Marti-Soler, Simona Vecchi, Francesca de’Donato, Manuela De Sario, Ana Requena-Méndez · 2026
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Lena van Selm leads a team reviewing in 2026 how often migrant farmworkers worldwide suffer symptoms of heat related illness. Field labor under a warming climate brings heavy heat exposure, and migrants may face extra risk through poor control over working conditions and language barriers. Five databases plus grey sources were searched through October 2024 for studies reporting symptoms the workers themselves described.
Seventeen papers covering close to three thousand workers qualified. Just over half reported at least one heat symptom, and about a fifth reported three or more. Extreme sweating, weakness, and headache topped the list. Results varied widely between studies, and no difference appeared between migrants within a country and those who crossed borders. The authors call the burden high and under addressed.
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| CREATOR | Lena van Selm, Sarah Williams, Eman Elafef, Helena Marti-Soler, Simona Vecchi, Francesca de’Donato, Manuela De Sario, Ana Requena-Méndez |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 45175 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |