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ReviewJournal of occupational health2024

Heat and health of occupational workers: a short summary of literature.

Sai Venkata Sarath Chandra N, Zhiwei Xu

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Review in Journal of occupational health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. [Heat dome in Germany and how well we are prepared for it].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sai Venkata Sarath Chandra NSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, Parklands Drive, Southport, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia.ORCID 0009-0007-8865-9625
Zhiwei XuSchool of Medicine and Dentistry, Parklands Drive, Southport, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD 4222, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7903-2141

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, occupational workers suffer various health impacts due to extreme heat. In this short review, we examine the literature discussing health impacts of heat on occupational workers, and then discuss certain individual and institutional measures needed to address the problem. Though the available literature in the recent decade discusses health impacts of heat on workers as various heat-related illnesses, we found very few studies examining how occupational workers suffer from issues concerning cardiovascular health, neurological health, respiratory health, and mental health. In this regard, we highlight the need for more studies to examine how occupational workers exposed to extreme heat conditions suffer from fatal health issues like cardiovascular attack, brain stroke, and other ailments impacting vital organs of the body. Occupational workers across the world should be made aware of measures to protect themselves from extreme heat. Further, countries should develop occupational heat safety guidelines with statutory effect.

Indexed as

Heat Stress DisordersOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureOccupational HealthExtreme HeatHot TemperatureHumanshealthheat wavesworkers

Identifiers

PMID38604180
PMCPMC11131018

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