ArticleAnnals of occupational and environmental medicine2017
Factors affecting heat-related diseases in outdoor workers exposed to extreme heat.
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- Implementing sensor technology applications for workplace health promotion: a needs assessment among workers with physically demanding work.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Analysis of Mortality Change Rate from Temperature in Summer by Age, Occupation, Household Type, and Chronic Diseases in 229 Korean Municipalities from 2007⁻2016.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Heat stress risk assessment of farmers working in a hot environment: What about in Zambia?The journal of climate change and healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe objectives of the present study are to: (
methodsWe identified 47 cases of illnesses from exposure to environmental heat in outdoor workers in Korea from 2010 to 2014, based on review of workers' compensation data. We also obtained the information on location, time, and work environment of each heat-related illness.
resultsOur major results are that 29 cases (61.7%) occurred during a heat wave. Forty five cases (95.7%) occurred when the maximum estimated WBGT (WBGTmax) was equal to or greater than the case specific threshold value which was determined by acclimatization and metabolic rate. Twenty two cases (46.8%) were not acclimated to the heat. Thirty-seven cases (78.7%) occurred after tropical night (temperature above 25 °C), during which many people may find it hard to sleep.
conclusionPersonal risk factors such as heat acclimation as well as environmental factors and high metabolic rate during work are the major determinants of heat-related illnesses.
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