1999), exertion-rest thresholds based on the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) index (e.g., Parsons 2006), and thresholds and triggers informed through analyses of specific populations and health end points (e.g., Petitti et al. Opportunities and challenges for personal heat exposure research...
To overcome the shortage of data, the RFA adopts the concept of a regional growth curve with a site-specific index or parameter. If the amount of data available is low, the RFA returns a more reliable and accurate quantile estimation than the conventional frequency analysis (at-site frequency...