[Physiological and hygienic rationale for the duration of exposure to the heating environment and comfortable thermal conditions during a workshift].
| Title: | [Physiological and hygienic rationale for the duration of exposure to the heating environment and comfortable thermal conditions during a workshift]. |
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| Authors: | Afanas'eva RF; Bessonova NA |
| Source: | Vestnik Rossiiskoi akademii meditsinskikh nauk [Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk] 2011 (3), pp. 24-8. |
| Publication Type: | English Abstract; Journal Article |
| Language: | Russian |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Pediatr Country of Publication: Russia (Federation) NLM ID: 9215641 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0869-6047 (Print) Linking ISSN: 08696047 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: : Moskva : Pediatr; Original Publication: Moskva : Meditsina, 1992- |
| MeSH Terms: | Occupational Health*; Heat Stress Disorders/*prevention & control ; Heating/*standards ; Occupational Exposure/*standards ; Workplace/*standards; Cardiovascular Diseases/etiology ; Cardiovascular Diseases/mortality ; Heat Stress Disorders/complications ; Heating/adverse effects ; Occupational Exposure/adverse effects ; Body Temperature ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Rest ; Russia ; Time Factors |
| Abstract: | The strain in different functional systems of human body maintaining thermal homeostasis that develops during work under heating conditions results in impaired working capacity and efficiency and may be harmful to health. One of the most efficacious measures is the reduction of exposure to the adverse conditions and its rational alternation with rest in the comfortable environment. Based on the mathematical and statistical analysis of the results of multiple-factor experiments, we derived a multiple regression equation describing the quantitative dependence of the integral index of human body thermal regime on the totality of factors responsible for thermal strain. The equation permits to determine the heat content in the human body formed by exothermal and endothermal strain, to estimate the contribution of each individual factor, and to predict the risk of overheating in order to take measures for reducing the thermal strain. Recommendations are proposed on the duration of thermal exposure during a workshift depending on the overheating risk level and on the optimal relationship between the duration of staying in the heating microclimate and the duration of the rest (work) in the comfortable environment. |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20110506 Date Completed: 20110630 Latest Revision: 20161020 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PMID: | 21544934 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
English Abstract; Journal Article