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Occupational heat stress assessment and protective strategies in the context of climate change

International journal of biometeorology, 2018-03, Vol.62 (3), p.359-371 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

The Author(s) 2017 ;International Journal of Biometeorology is a copyright of Springer, (2017). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0020-7128 ;ISSN: 1432-1254 ;EISSN: 1432-1254 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00484-017-1352-y ;PMID: 28444505

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Title:
Occupational heat stress assessment and protective strategies in the context of climate change
Author: Gao, Chuansi ; Kuklane, Kalev ; Östergren, Per-Olof ; Kjellstrom, Tord
Subjects: Air temperature ; Animal Physiology ; Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin ; Biological and Medical Physics ; Biophysics ; Climate ; Climate change ; Climate Research ; Climatic indexes ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences ; Engineering and Technology ; Environment ; Environmental conditions ; Environmental Health ; Environmental Health and Occupational Health ; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap ; Global warming ; Health risks ; Health Sciences ; Heat ; Heat exchange ; Heat sources ; Heat stress ; Heat tolerance ; Hot climates ; Humidity ; Hälsovetenskap ; Klimatforskning ; Maskinteknik ; Mechanical Engineering ; Medical and Health Sciences ; Medicin och hälsovetenskap ; Meteorological data ; Meteorology ; Natural Sciences ; Naturvetenskap ; Occupational health ; Plant Physiology ; Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics ; Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi ; Protection ; Protective clothing ; Public health ; Solar radiation ; Special Issue on Trans-disciplinary approaches to climate change ; Strain ; Teknik ; Temperature ; Temperature requirements ; Thermal radiation ; Weather ; Weather station data ; Weather stations ; Workplaces
Is Part Of: International journal of biometeorology, 2018-03, Vol.62 (3), p.359-371
Description: Global warming will unquestionably increase the impact of heat on individuals who work in already hot workplaces in hot climate areas. The increasing prevalence of this environmental health risk requires the improvement of assessment methods linked to meteorological data. Such new methods will help to reveal the size of the problem and design appropriate interventions at individual, workplace and societal level. The evaluation of occupational heat stress requires measurement of four thermal climate factors (air temperature, humidity, air velocity and heat radiation); available weather station data may serve this purpose. However, the use of meteorological data for occupational heat stress assessment is limited because weather stations do not traditionally and directly measure some important climate factors, e.g. solar radiation. In addition, local workplace environmental conditions such as local heat sources, metabolic heat production within the human body, and clothing properties, all affect the exchange of heat between the body and the environment. A robust occupational heat stress index should properly address all these factors. This article reviews and highlights a number of selected heat stress indices, indicating their advantages and disadvantages in relation to meteorological data, local workplace environments, body heat production and the use of protective clothing. These heat stress and heat strain indices include Wet Bulb Globe Temperature, Discomfort Index, Predicted Heat Strain index, and Universal Thermal Climate Index. In some cases, individuals may be monitored for heat strain through physiological measurements and medical supervision prior to and during exposure. Relevant protective and preventive strategies for alleviating heat strain are also reviewed and proposed.
Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0020-7128
ISSN: 1432-1254
EISSN: 1432-1254
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-017-1352-y
PMID: 28444505
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Occupational heat stress assessment and protective strategies in the context of climate change

The Author(s) 2017 ;International Journal of Biometeorology is a copyright of Springer, (2017). All Rights Reserved. ;ISSN: 0020-7128 ;ISSN: 1432-1254 ;EISSN: 1432-1254 ;DOI: 10.1007/s00484-017-1352-y ;PMID: 28444505

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