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Factors affecting heat-related diseases in outdoor workers exposed to extreme heat

Overview of attention for article published in Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, June 2017
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Title
Factors affecting heat-related diseases in outdoor workers exposed to extreme heat
Published in
Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s40557-017-0183-y
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Jungsun Park, Yangho Kim, Inbo Oh

Abstract

The objectives of the present study are to: (i) evaluate the effect of environmental and metabolic heat on heat-related illnesses in outdoor workers; and (ii) evaluate the effect of personal factors, including heat acclimation, on the risk of heat-related illnesses in outdoor workers. We 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. Our 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. Personal 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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Country Count As %
Unknown 93 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 15 16%
Student > Master 9 10%
Researcher 8 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 8%
Lecturer 6 6%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 37 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 11 12%
Social Sciences 9 10%
Environmental Science 8 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 5%
Engineering 5 5%
Other 13 14%
Unknown 42 45%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 July 2017.
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#7,028,608
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Outputs from Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
#51
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#104,233
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Outputs of similar age from Annals of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
#4
of 11 outputs
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