Characterizing occupational heat-related mortality in the United States, 2000-2010: An analysis using the census of fatal occupational injuries database

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 203-211

  Gubernot, Diane M ^a   Anderson, G Brooke ^b   Hunting, Katherine L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Health and safety; Heat exposure; Occupational health; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; CENSUSES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921292470     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22381     Document Type: Article

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