Heat Exposure Among Adult Women in Rural Tamil Nadu, India

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• Personal Author:
  Aravindalochanan V ; Balakrishnan K ; Clasen TF ; Deshpande A ; Peel J ; Pillarisetti A ; Puttaswamy N ; Scovronick N ; Waller L ; Wang J
• Description:
  Exposure to heat is associated with a substantial burden of disease and is an emerging issue in the context of climate change. Heat is of particular concern in India, which is one of the world's hottest countries and also most populous, where relatively little is known about personal heat exposure, particularly in rural areas. Here, we leverage data collected as part of a randomized controlled trial to describe personal temperature exposures of adult women (40-79 years of age) in rural Tamil Nadu. We also characterize measurement error in heat exposure assessment by comparing personal exposure measurements to the nearest ambient monitoring stations and to commonly used modeled temperature data products. We find that temperatures differ across individuals in the same area on the same day, sometimes by more than 5 degrees C within the same hour, and that some individuals experience sharp increases in heat exposure in the early morning or evening, potentially a result of cooking with solid fuels. We find somewhat stronger correlations between the personal exposure measurements and the modeled products than with ambient monitors. We did not find evidence of systematic biases, which indicates that adjusting for discrepancies between different exposure measurement methods is not straightforward. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: India Climate Change Cooking Equipment Exposure Assessment Heat Heat Exposure Hot Environments Monitoring Systems Personal Monitoring Temperature
• ISSN:
  0013-936X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Colorado ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  315-322
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069271
• Citation:
  Environ Sci Technol 2024 Jan; 58(1):315-322
• Contact Point Address:
  Noah Scovronick, Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
• Email:
  scovronick@emory.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of California, Berkeley
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Environmental Science and Technology
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207777/cdc_207777_DS1.pdf
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