A Novel Conceptual Model for Human Heat Tolerance

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• Alternative Title:
  Exerc Sport Sci Rev
• Personal Author:
  Bernard, Thomas E. ; Wolf, S. Tony ; Kenney, W. Larry
• Description:
  Human "heat tolerance" has no accepted definition or physiological underpinnings; rather, it is almost always discussed in relative or comparative terms. We propose to use environmental limits to heat balance accounting for metabolic rate and clothing, that is, the environments for which heat stress becomes uncompensable for a specified metabolic rate and clothing, as a novel metric for quantifying heat tolerance.
• Subjects:
  Body Temperature Regulation Heat Stress Disorders Humans Thermotolerance
• Keywords:
  Climate Change Critical Environmental Limit Heat Stress Occupational Exposure Limit Wet-bulb Globe Temperature
• Source:
  Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 52(2):39-46
• Pubmed ID:
  38294236
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10963138
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 AG067471/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R01 OH003983/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha-512:f98d25af684147192e579d361c1a5f0a488274ff10650ab45e5946120dc7a0be22e631ce188bcb537d5f12906572457f5eb59ba2d60131391af4ee6852298f59
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