We used medical examiner’s records to identify heat-related fatalities (N=161) that occurred during the period January 1, 1977, to December 31, 2001, in North Carolina. Estimates of the population at risk were derived from US census data. Annual fatality rates increased with increases in average summer temperature and with the number of days per year at 90°F or higher. Of the occupational heat-related fatalities (n=40), 45% occurred among farm laborers, many of whom died unnoticed and without medical attention
Heat kills more people than any other weather-related event in the United States, resulting in hundr...
Many studies have shown that heat waves can cause both death and disease. Considering the adverse he...
Much research has shown a general decrease in the negative health response to extreme heat events in...
We used medical examiner’s records to identify heat-related fatalities (N=161) that occurred during ...
Heat stress due to ambient outdoor temperatures is a workplace hazard that has not been well studied...
Background: Prior research shows that work in agriculture and construction/extraction occupations in...
Deaths attributable to natural heat exposure, although generally considered preventable (1), represe...
Heat stress is an environmental and occupational hazard exacerbated by climate change. Rural populat...
Extreme heat is the leading cause of w eather-related mortality in the U.S. Extreme heat also affect...
Heat kills more people than any other weather-related event in the USA, resulting in hundreds of fat...
The failure of the human body to thermoregulate can lead to severe outcomes (e.g., death) and lastin...
Heat is a well-recognized hazard for workers in many outdoor settings, yet fewinvestigations have co...
Maricopa County experiences exceptionally high temperatures that contributes to a high number of dea...
ObjectiveThe California Heat Illness Prevention Study devised methodology and collected physiologica...
In construction, a large portion of the work is performed outdoors. Extreme temperature influence wo...
Heat kills more people than any other weather-related event in the United States, resulting in hundr...
Many studies have shown that heat waves can cause both death and disease. Considering the adverse he...
Much research has shown a general decrease in the negative health response to extreme heat events in...
We used medical examiner’s records to identify heat-related fatalities (N=161) that occurred during ...
Heat stress due to ambient outdoor temperatures is a workplace hazard that has not been well studied...
Background: Prior research shows that work in agriculture and construction/extraction occupations in...
Deaths attributable to natural heat exposure, although generally considered preventable (1), represe...
Heat stress is an environmental and occupational hazard exacerbated by climate change. Rural populat...
Extreme heat is the leading cause of w eather-related mortality in the U.S. Extreme heat also affect...
Heat kills more people than any other weather-related event in the USA, resulting in hundreds of fat...
The failure of the human body to thermoregulate can lead to severe outcomes (e.g., death) and lastin...
Heat is a well-recognized hazard for workers in many outdoor settings, yet fewinvestigations have co...
Maricopa County experiences exceptionally high temperatures that contributes to a high number of dea...
ObjectiveThe California Heat Illness Prevention Study devised methodology and collected physiologica...
In construction, a large portion of the work is performed outdoors. Extreme temperature influence wo...
Heat kills more people than any other weather-related event in the United States, resulting in hundr...
Many studies have shown that heat waves can cause both death and disease. Considering the adverse he...
Much research has shown a general decrease in the negative health response to extreme heat events in...