ReviewIndustrial health2014
Health impacts of workplace heat exposure: an epidemiological review.
Review in Industrial health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06778252 (UrbanHEAT), which is not on this map. Cited by 115 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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UrbanHEAT: Pilot of Prospective Observational Study of Health Behaviors, Outcomes, and Disparities in Individually Experienced Temperature Across an Urban Community
Who cites it
115 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses on Occupational Heat Exposure, Health Risks, and Productivity Losses Globally.Current environmental health reports · 2026Pooled it
- Aluminium neurotoxicity beyond the brain: a mechanistic systematic review of autonomic and peripheral dysfunction.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Hyperthermia during open water swimming: risks, monitoring and mitigation strategies.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Heat exposure and productivity loss among construction workers: a meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Does climate change transform military medicine and defense medical support?Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Health-related quality of life in Chinese workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Global health research and policy · 2021Pooled it
- Sustainable solutions to mitigate occupational heat strain - an umbrella review of physiological effects and global health perspectives.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2020Pooled it
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- Impact of climate change on occupational health and productivity: a systematic literature review focusing on workplace heat.La Medicina del lavoro · 2018Pooled it
- Impact of high ambient temperature on unintentional injuries in high-income countries: a narrative systematic literature review.BMJ open · 2016Pooled it
- Cognitive Performance in Young Adults During Three Consecutive Days of Simulated Occupational Heat Stress: An Exploratory Study.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Trial
- Role of work uniform in alleviating perceptual strain among construction workers.Industrial health · 2017Trial
- Occupational heat risk perceptions and behavioral adaptation strategies among construction and welding workers in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Heatstroke Awareness and Preventive Behaviors Among Automotive Maintenance Workers in Outdoor Environments: A Cross-Sectional Study in Japan.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Mapping heat-related morbidity burden attributable to human-induced climate change across 460 communities of Victoria, Australia.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2026Article
- Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors among sanitation workers: a community based cross-sectional survey in five urban regions of Nepal.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- Survey reveals heatstroke awareness and prevention in Fukuoka City, Japan.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Heat Stress and Heat-Related Illnesses among Male and Female Refugee Agricultural Workers in Lebanon.International journal of industrial ergonomics · 2025Article
- Factors affecting heat-related illness symptoms among school food service workers: a cross-sectional study in Korea.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025Article
- Beyond Compliance: Uncovering Organizational Barriers to Workplace Safety in Industrial Zones.Environmental health insights · 2025Article
55 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
With predicted increasing frequency and intensity of extremely hot weather due to changing climate, workplace heat exposure is presenting an increasing challenge to occupational health and safety. This article aims to review the characteristics of workplace heat exposure in selected relatively high risk occupations, to summarize findings from published studies, and ultimately to provide suggestions for workplace heat exposure reduction, adaptations, and further research directions. All published epidemiological studies in the field of health impacts of workplace heat exposure for the period of January 1997 to April 2012 were reviewed. Finally, 55 original articles were identified. Manual workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress, especially those in low-middle income countries in tropical regions. At risk workers include farmers, construction workers, fire-fighters, miners, soldiers, and manufacturing workers working around process-generated heat. The potential impacts of workplace heat exposure are to some extent underestimated due to the underreporting of heat illnesses. More studies are needed to quantify the extent to which high-risk manual workers are physiologically and psychologically affected by or behaviourally adapt to workplace heat exposure exacerbated by climate change.
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