Citation

Gao C, Kuklane K, Ostergren PO, Kjellstrom T. Int. J. Biometeorol. 2019; 63(2): 195-196.

Affiliation

National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, International Society of Biometeorology, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00484-018-1652-x

PMID

30610378

Abstract

Health surveillance and workplace surveillance are two related but different aspects of occupational health services. The assessment of heat stress using heat indices and thermal models in connection with meteorological data is an important part of surveillance of workplace heat. The assessment of heat exposure provides the basis for occupational health services. Workers should have health surveillance if the high heat stress cannot be reduced.

Language: en

Keywords

Health surveillance; Heat balance; Heat stress assessment; Thermal climate; Thermal models and indices; Workplace surveillance