Evaluation of Heat Stress among Farmers Using Environmenta l and Biological Monitoring: A study in North of Iran
In this cross sectional s tudy carried out in s pring and s ummer, 79 farmers working in different job pos itions including agriculture, hus bandry and horticulture in north of Iran were participa ted. Evaluation of the heat s tres s was conducted us ing Wet Bulb Glob Temperature (WBGT) index ac...
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| author | HAMIDREZA HEIDARI FARIDEH GOLBABAEI ALIAKBAR SHAMSIPOUR ABBAS RAHIMI-FORUSHANI ABBASALI GAEINI |
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| description | In this cross sectional s tudy carried out in s pring and s ummer, 79 farmers working in different job pos itions including agriculture, hus bandry and horticulture in north of Iran were participa ted. Evaluation of the heat s tres s was conducted us ing Wet Bulb Glob Temperature (WBGT) index according ISO7243 and heat s train evaluation us ing meas uring the individual phys iological res pons es including aural, oral and mean s kin temperatures according ISO 9886. The demographic characteris tics of the s ubjects s uch as age, job experience, BMI and body area were als o gathered through a ques tionnaire. In general, the s ubjects were in middle ages (38.44±8.86 yr) and mean and s tandard deviation of years of expe rience were almos t high (17.49±9.41 yr), too. The s tatis tical analys is was performed by SPSS 18 s oftware. The res ults s howed that the WBGT index values had ranging from 24 to 32.6°C in s ummer regardles s of clothing ins ulation, metabolic rate and work res t regimens . Of cours e, by correction of thes e parameters the WBGT will accompany with an incens ement. Convers ely, the heat s train monitoring revealed that in no cas e the aural and oral temperatures are higher than the limit allowed. The bes t correlation coefficient was obtained for aural temperature and WBGT index (r= 0.84, P< 0.001). It s eems that evaluation of hot and humid environment us ing WBGT index can be as s ociated with an overes timation and encountered our judgment about the environmental condition with a s ignificant error. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83351a99b7024ce4b4a4135ad7c790592022-12-21T19:59:26ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Occupational Hygiene2008-51092008-54352015-10-0171121Evaluation of Heat Stress among Farmers Using Environmenta l and Biological Monitoring: A study in North of IranHAMIDREZA HEIDARI0FARIDEH GOLBABAEI1ALIAKBAR SHAMSIPOUR2ABBAS RAHIMI-FORUSHANI3ABBASALI GAEINI4Deptartment of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Deptartment of Occupational Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Deptartment of Physical Geography, School of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.Deptartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Deptartment of Sport Physiology, School of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran .In this cross sectional s tudy carried out in s pring and s ummer, 79 farmers working in different job pos itions including agriculture, hus bandry and horticulture in north of Iran were participa ted. Evaluation of the heat s tres s was conducted us ing Wet Bulb Glob Temperature (WBGT) index according ISO7243 and heat s train evaluation us ing meas uring the individual phys iological res pons es including aural, oral and mean s kin temperatures according ISO 9886. The demographic characteris tics of the s ubjects s uch as age, job experience, BMI and body area were als o gathered through a ques tionnaire. In general, the s ubjects were in middle ages (38.44±8.86 yr) and mean and s tandard deviation of years of expe rience were almos t high (17.49±9.41 yr), too. The s tatis tical analys is was performed by SPSS 18 s oftware. The res ults s howed that the WBGT index values had ranging from 24 to 32.6°C in s ummer regardles s of clothing ins ulation, metabolic rate and work res t regimens . Of cours e, by correction of thes e parameters the WBGT will accompany with an incens ement. Convers ely, the heat s train monitoring revealed that in no cas e the aural and oral temperatures are higher than the limit allowed. The bes t correlation coefficient was obtained for aural temperature and WBGT index (r= 0.84, P< 0.001). It s eems that evaluation of hot and humid environment us ing WBGT index can be as s ociated with an overes timation and encountered our judgment about the environmental condition with a s ignificant error.https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/122Heat stressBiological monitoringFarmerWBGT index |
| spellingShingle | HAMIDREZA HEIDARI FARIDEH GOLBABAEI ALIAKBAR SHAMSIPOUR ABBAS RAHIMI-FORUSHANI ABBASALI GAEINI Evaluation of Heat Stress among Farmers Using Environmenta l and Biological Monitoring: A study in North of Iran International Journal of Occupational Hygiene Heat stress Biological monitoring Farmer WBGT index |
| title | Evaluation of Heat Stress among Farmers Using Environmenta l and Biological Monitoring: A study in North of Iran |
| title_full | Evaluation of Heat Stress among Farmers Using Environmenta l and Biological Monitoring: A study in North of Iran |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Heat Stress among Farmers Using Environmenta l and Biological Monitoring: A study in North of Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Heat Stress among Farmers Using Environmenta l and Biological Monitoring: A study in North of Iran |
| title_short | Evaluation of Heat Stress among Farmers Using Environmenta l and Biological Monitoring: A study in North of Iran |
| title_sort | evaluation of heat stress among farmers using environmenta l and biological monitoring a study in north of iran |
| topic | Heat stress Biological monitoring Farmer WBGT index |
| url | https://ijoh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijoh/article/view/122 |
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