Association between work in deforested, compared to forested, areas and human heat strain: An experimental study in a rural tropical environment.

ABSTRACT: With climate change, adverse human health effects caused by heat exposure are of increasing public health concern. Forests provide beneficial ecosystem services for human health, including local cooling. Few studies have assessed the relationship between deforestation and heat-related health effects in tropical, rural populations. We sought to determine whether deforested compared to forested landscapes are associated with increased physiological heat strain in a rural, tropical environment. We analyzed data from 363 healthy adult participants from ten villages who participated in a two-by-two factorial, randomized study in East Kalimantan, Indonesia from 10/1/17 to 11/6/17. Using simple randomization, field staff allocated participants equally to different conditions to conduct a 90-minut

SUBMITTER: Suter MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6724538 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature