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Assessing Heat-Related Mortality And Morbidity Risks In Rural Populations And Sub-Populations, Emmanuel A. Odame
Assessing Heat-Related Mortality And Morbidity Risks In Rural Populations And Sub-Populations, Emmanuel A. Odame
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Heat stress is an environmental and occupational hazard exacerbated by climate change. Rural populations and sub-populations continue to experience disproportionate risks of heat-related impacts due to their low adaptive capacities in terms of infrastructure, information and other resources which are critical in dealing with heat. The study goals were to determine heat-related mortality risks in rural populations globally, explore the contribution of the outdoor work environment and other factors in association with occupational heat-related illnesses (HRI), and assess the risk of heat stress among crop workers using the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT). Published peer-reviewed scientific literature on heat-related mortality …
Temporal Trends In Human Vulnerability To Excessive Heat, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael J. Allen
Temporal Trends In Human Vulnerability To Excessive Heat, Scott C. Sheridan, Michael J. Allen
Political Science & Geography Faculty Publications
Over recent decades, studies have examined various morbidity and mortality outcomes associated with heat exposure. This review explores the collective knowledge of the temporal trends of heat on human health, with regard to the hypothesis that humans are less vulnerable to heat events presently than in the past. Using Web of Science and Scopus, the authors identified all peer-reviewed articles that contained keywords on human impact (e.g. mortality, morbidity) and meteorological component (e.g. heat, heatwave). After sorting, a total of 71 articles, both case studies and epidemiological studies, contained explicit assessments of temporal trends in human vulnerability, and thus were …
Performance Changes During A Weeklong High Altitude Training Camp In Lowlander Youth Athletes, Jay R. Hydren
Performance Changes During A Weeklong High Altitude Training Camp In Lowlander Youth Athletes, Jay R. Hydren
Master's Theses
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