Practical cooling interventions for preventing heat strain in indoor factory workers in Thailand

Background Occupational heat stress, exacerbated by factors such as climate change and insufficient cooling solutions, endangers the health and productivity of workers, especially in low‐resource workplaces. Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of two cooling strategies in reducing physiological...

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Published in:American journal of industrial medicine 2024-06, Vol.67 (6), p.556-561
Main Authors: Bach, Aaron J. E., Thepaksorn, Phayong, Hom Thepaksorn, Elizabeth K., Borg, David N., Rutherford, Shannon, Osborne, Nicholas J., Darssan, Darsy, Phung, Dung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
body temperature
Climate change
Cooling
Cross-Over Studies
Efficiency
Female
Heart rate
Heart Rate - physiology
Heat stress
heat stress disorders
Heat Stress Disorders - prevention & control
Heat tolerance
hot temperature
Hot Temperature - adverse effects
Humans
Male
Oases
Occupational Diseases - etiology
Occupational Diseases - prevention & control
Occupational Exposure - adverse effects
Occupational Exposure - prevention & control
Occupational health
Phase change materials
Physiological effects
Physiology
Productivity
Protective Clothing
Sawmills
Telemetry
Thailand
Workers
Workplaces
Young Adult
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