A Case-Crossover Study of Heat Exposure and Injury Risk in Outdoor Agricultural Workers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent research suggests that heat exposure may increase the risk of traumatic injuries. Published heat-related epidemiological studies have relied upon exposure data from individual weather stations.

Objective

To evaluate the association between heat exposure and traumatic injuries in outdoor agricultural workers exposed to ambient heat and internal heat generated by physical activity using modeled ambient exposure data.

Methods

A case-crossover study using time-stratified referent selection among 12,213 outdoor agricultural workers with new Washington State Fund workers' compensation traumatic injury claims between 2000 and 2012 was conducted. Maximum daily Humidex exposures, derived from modeled meteorological data, were assigned to latitudes and longitu

SUBMITTER: Spector JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5055365 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature