Exposure to ambient heat and urolithiasis among outdoor workers in Guangzhou, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 1130-1136

  Luo, Haiming ^a,b   Turner, Lyle R ^a   Hurst, Cameron ^a   Mai, Haiming ^b   Zhang, Yurun ^c   Tong, Shilu ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Institute of Health Inspection   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Department of Health   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Case control study; Outdoor worker; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CONDITIONAL LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; CUMULATIVE EXPOSURES; GUANGZHOU , CHINA; HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; OUTDOOR WORKER; UROLITHIASIS; WORKING POPULATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHIPBUILDING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSEMBLER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSPECTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UROLITHIASIS; WELDING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BP; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH OFFICER; ODDS RATIO; OHO; OR; OUTDOOR WORKER; PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PPE; UROLITHIASIS; WBGT; WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84890834864     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.042     Document Type: Article

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