Physiologic monitoring of heart rate, sweating, body temperature, and metabolic cost during the work situation.

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• Personal Author:
  Raven PB
• Description:
  Standardized procedures for monitoring physiological parameters related to working in a hot environment are described. The techniques were developed and used by trained nurses over an 11 year period in aluminum plants. Measurements include: heart rate, core temperature, body weight losses due to sweating, and energy requirements of specific tasks determined by means of indirect calorimetry. Data are given on the energy cost of selected jobs in an aluminum reduction plant, and energy expenditure of aluminum workers in smelting plants.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Dioxins Epidemiology Insecticides Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mortality Neoplasms Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Polychlorinated Biphenyls Safety

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• Keywords:
  Aluminum-industry Energy-expenditure Ergonometry Grants: Other Heat-stress Medical-examinations Metabolic-rate Metabolism; NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Grant Oxygen-consumption Physiological-function Physiological-response Thermal-environment Work-measurement

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• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  63-76
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00056205
• Citation:
  Standards for occupational exposures to hot environments. Horvath SM, Jensen RC, eds. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 76-100, 1976 Jan; :63-76
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• NORA Priority Area:
  Other Occupational Concerns ; Grants: Other
• Performing Organization:
  Industrial Health Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19720101
• End Date:
  19730630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fe5572ed8d3a3eb0d97a9273f2610e0e55dfc6e3ff765371c27fafcccdf1bfda99f70cccc2a74e6ec661912f0b1682604580d48367ef14e3c9d88b62722874b5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178727/cdc_178727_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.59 MB ]