Behavioral and Technological Adaptation

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• Personal Author:
  Williams WJ
• Description:
  Maintaining a euhydrated state is critical for normal biochemical and physiological function. Hydration is normally a dynamic process of the constant loss of water from the body (insensible as well as dynamic water loss from sweating) being replaced through drinking, eating, and the metabolism of food. Significant water loss from sweating during exercise must be replaced to avoid heat and other related injuries. Monitoring of physiological processes has occurred from ancient times but has become sophisticated in the last 100 years. Wearable wireless monitoring has been developed allowing the wearer to determine their physiological status under a variety of conditions (exercise, environmental). Monitoring may help avoid injury that may occur when physiological limits are exceeded (e.g., heat stroke). In addition to physiological monitoring, wearable cooling technologies have been developed which limit the effects of environment on the physiological burden of the environment reducing the risk of heat injury to workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Energy Metabolism Heat Stress Disorders Hot Temperature Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Adaptation Author Keywords: Hydration Cooling Systems Cooling Technologies Drinking Water Emerging Technology Exercise Heat Stress Humans Metabolic Rate Metabolism Monitoring Systems Monitors Physical Exercise Physiological Effects Physiological Factors Physiological Measurements Wearable Technologies Wireless Physiological Monitoring

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• ISBN:
  9783319758886
• Publisher:
  SpringerBriefs in Medical Earth Sciences
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  85-99
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20052075
• Citation:
  Human health and physical activity during heat exposure. Hosokawa Y, ed. Cham, Switzerland: SpringerBriefs in Medical Earth Sciences, 2018 Apr; :85-99
• Contact Point Address:
  W. Jon Williams, National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Center for Disease Control and Protection (CDC), Pittsburgh, USA
• Email:
  aun7@cdc.gov
• Editor(s):
  Hosokawa Y
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Human health and physical activity during heat exposure
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211675/cdc_211675_DS1.pdf
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