A better indicator to measure the effects of meteorological factors on cardiovascular mortality: heat index
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DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2396-1
Abstract: Although many studies have examined the correlation between temperature and mortality from cardiovascular diseases (CVD), other meteorological factors, such as relative humidity, may modify the relationship. Yet the studies on this aspect are relatively few.… read more here.
Keywords: heat index; humidity; temperature; mortality ... See more keywords
Actual and simulated weather data to evaluate wet bulb globe temperature and heat index as alerts for occupational heat-related illness
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DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2018.1532574
Abstract: Abstract Heat stress occupational exposure limits (OELs) were developed in the 1970s to prevent heat-related illnesses (HRIs). The OELs define the maximum safe wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) for a given physical activity level. This… read more here.
Keywords: heat; heat index; weather data; sensitivity ... See more keywords
Predicting fatal heat and humidity using the heat index model.
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DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00417.2022
Abstract: A unique wet-bulb temperature of 35 °C is often used as the threshold for human survivability, but recent experiments have shown that a person's core temperature starts to rise at a wide range of critical… read more here.
Keywords: index model; heat index; heat; wet bulb ... See more keywords
The Heat Index as a Measure of Future Heat Stress with Climate Change
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DOI: 10.1152/physiol.2023.38.s1.5734222
Abstract: The wet-bulb temperature and wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) have been widely used to forecast the physiological consequences of extreme heat associated with climate change. Unfortunately, those metrics are not based in any physiological model of… read more here.
Keywords: climate change; physiology; heat index; heat ... See more keywords