Vulnerable to heat stress: gaps in international standard metric thresholds.

ABSTRACT: Exposure time to heat is increasing with climate change. Heat exposure thresholds are important to inform heat early warning systems, and legislation and guidance for safety in the workplace. It has already been stated that thresholds can be lower for vulnerable groups, including the elderly, pregnant women, children, and those with pre-existing medical conditions due to their reduced ability to thermoregulate their temperature or apply cooling strategies. However, the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) proposed by the international standard organisation (ISO 7243:2017), only takes into account thresholds based on acclimatization status. Therefore in this study we carried out a PRISMA systematic keyword search of "Wet Bulb Globe Temperature" of the Scopus abstract and citation database in A

SUBMITTER: Brimicombe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11599290 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature