Occupational health impact of exposure to extreme heat: a systematic review
Introduction: Current knowledge of the hazards of heat stress in the work environment, related to global warming and the effects on heat stress, is incipient. Objective: To compile the available evidence of the effects of global warming on the health of workers. Material and Methods: A systematic re...
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| description | Introduction: Current knowledge of the hazards of heat stress in the work environment, related to global warming and the effects on heat stress, is incipient.
Objective: To compile the available evidence of the effects of global warming on the health of workers.
Material and Methods: A systematic review was performed retrieving reviews and meta-analyses available in PubMed/MEDLINE and ScienceDirect, using the keywords: climate change, global warming, heat stress, occupational health, and occupational diseases to obtain as many references as possible, filtered by “systematic review and meta-analysis”. The search was restricted to articles published in English from 2012 to July 2022.
Results: A total of 541 references were retrieved and 10 articles were finally selected for an in-depth analysis. The included articles were published between 2014 and 2022, but most of them were issued from 2018 onwards. Most of the studies addressed diseases and injuries associated with heat stress in the workplace. Risk factors and heat exposure in outdoor workers and heat stress metrics appeared in six studies. Four articles mentioned cooling or heat mitigation measures.
Conclusions: Workers exposed to extreme heat are at increased risk of heat stress, especially those in developing countries in tropical regions. Those workers include agriculture and construction workers, firefighters, miners, soldiers, and manufacturing workers, among others. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b1977f102eb4ce49ac38f7d418d31682025-08-20T02:32:10ZengUniversidad de Ciencias Médicas de La HabanaRevista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas1729-519X2023-10-01223e5328e53282096Occupational health impact of exposure to extreme heat: a systematic reviewGustavo Moreno Martín0Joan Inglés Torruella1Salut Sant Joan Reus - Baix Camp. Hospital Universitari Sant Joan. Reus. Tarragona.Salut Sant Joan Reus - Baix Camp. Hospital Universitari Sant Joan. Reus. Tarragona.Introduction: Current knowledge of the hazards of heat stress in the work environment, related to global warming and the effects on heat stress, is incipient. Objective: To compile the available evidence of the effects of global warming on the health of workers. Material and Methods: A systematic review was performed retrieving reviews and meta-analyses available in PubMed/MEDLINE and ScienceDirect, using the keywords: climate change, global warming, heat stress, occupational health, and occupational diseases to obtain as many references as possible, filtered by “systematic review and meta-analysis”. The search was restricted to articles published in English from 2012 to July 2022. Results: A total of 541 references were retrieved and 10 articles were finally selected for an in-depth analysis. The included articles were published between 2014 and 2022, but most of them were issued from 2018 onwards. Most of the studies addressed diseases and injuries associated with heat stress in the workplace. Risk factors and heat exposure in outdoor workers and heat stress metrics appeared in six studies. Four articles mentioned cooling or heat mitigation measures. Conclusions: Workers exposed to extreme heat are at increased risk of heat stress, especially those in developing countries in tropical regions. Those workers include agriculture and construction workers, firefighters, miners, soldiers, and manufacturing workers, among others.https://revhabanera.sld.cu/index.php/rhab/article/view/5328cambio climático, calentamiento global, estrés por calor, salud ocupacional, enfermedades ocupacionales. |
| spellingShingle | Gustavo Moreno Martín Joan Inglés Torruella Occupational health impact of exposure to extreme heat: a systematic review Revista Habanera de Ciencias Médicas cambio climático, calentamiento global, estrés por calor, salud ocupacional, enfermedades ocupacionales. |
| title | Occupational health impact of exposure to extreme heat: a systematic review |
| title_full | Occupational health impact of exposure to extreme heat: a systematic review |
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| title_short | Occupational health impact of exposure to extreme heat: a systematic review |
| title_sort | occupational health impact of exposure to extreme heat a systematic review |
| topic | cambio climático, calentamiento global, estrés por calor, salud ocupacional, enfermedades ocupacionales. |
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