Summertime Acute Heat Illness in US Emergency Departments from 2006 through 2010: Analysis of a Nationally Representative Sample. Environ Health Perspect 34, doi: 10.1289/ehp.1306796 (2014). Lu, G. Y. & Wong, D. W. An adaptive inverse-distance weighting spatial interpolation technique. Computers...
Disorders that impair thermoregulatory autonomic pathways may increase the risk of heat-related or cold-related illness. However, they do not always present in this way, as patients may retain sufficient thermoregulatory capacity to tolerate and remain normothermic in their particular environments. The...
Two community studies [47,48] indicate that elderly Indians are at greater risk for “heat-related symptoms” or “heat-related illness”, but provide no specifics. Aside from a report that elderly in rural villages may spend more time indoors during the hottest times of the day [47], ...
Temporal and Spatial Variation of Heat-Related Illness Using 911 Medical Dispatch Data. Environ. Res. 2009, 109, 600–606. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] Seong, K.; Jiao, J.; Mandalapu, A. Effects of Urban Environmental Factors on Heat-Related Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Response Time. ...
In addition, they are often subjected to enormous work stress, not only from training but also from the other duties that could make them susceptible to mental illness [40]. The same scenario should be observed at the outdoor worker group. In accordance with data from Taiwan, over two-...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, August 2022 was the hottest August recorded in North America and Europe, and the second warmest August globally [5]. In the United States, the increase in extreme temperatures is expected to lead to a rise in heated-related deaths and illness, ...
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Figure 1. Conceptual framework of factors affecting the WTP for early warning services to mitigate risks associated with heat-related illness. By employing the “cost-of-illness” framework [24], it is possible to estimate the potential expenses linked to the mitigation of heatwave repercussions....
Heat-related illness comprises a wide range of conditions, including cramps due to heat and exhaustion from heat, as well as heat stroke, a rare but dangerous phenomenon [2]. To reach optimal productivity while guaranteeing worker well-being and safety, environmental hygienists and security ...