A Novel Conceptual Model for Human Heat Tolerance

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• Personal Author:
  Bernard, Thomas E. ; Kenney WL ; Wolf ST
• 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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Climate Change Climate Change Clothing Critical Environmental Limit Heat Stress Heat Tolerance Hot Environments Metabolic Rate Occupational Exposure Limit Wet-bulb Globe Temperature
• ISSN:
  0091-6331
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Georgia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  39-46
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069414
• Citation:
  Exerc Sport Sci Rev 2024 Apr; 52(2):39-46
• Contact Point Address:
  S. Tony Wolf, Ph.D., 115G Ramsey Center, 330 River Rd, Athens, GA 30602
• Email:
  stwolf@uga.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
• End Date:
  20040929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e9a3e61b948e802f523ead4f0106b51ac12b0360d3337413af8ffe82f99b788d426104ceb357debe8d7c827324f969fc45c578b6b1efa1aebb64b5885e97e279
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/207893/cdc_207893_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB ]