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Using web data to improve surveillance for heat sensitive health outcomes

Environmental Health, 2019
Background Elevated and prolonged exposure to extreme heat is an important cause of excess summertime mortality and morbidity. To protect people from health threats, some governments are currently operating syndromic surveillance systems. However, A lack
Jihoon Jung, Christopher K. Uejio, Chris Duclos, Melissa Jordan   +3 more
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Military Personnel Regarding Heat-Related Illness Risk Factors: Results of a Chinese Cross-Sectional Study

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Military personnel are widely exposed to risk factors for heat-related illnesses. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) are three of the most important means by which to prevent such illnesses, but there has been a lack of investigations ...
Xuren Wang, Xuren Wang, Demeng Xia, Demeng Xia, Xisha Long, Yixin Wang, Kaiwen Wu, Shuogui Xu, Li Gui   +8 more
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Heat-related illness in China, summer of 2013 [PDF]

, 2016
Extreme heat events have occurred more frequently in China in recent years, leading to serious impacts on human life and the health care system. To identify the characteristics of individuals with heat-related illnesses in China during the summer of 2013,
Gu, Shaohua, Chu, Cordia, Huang, Cunrui, Bai, Li, Liu, Qiyong   +4 more
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Addressing Heat-Related Illness in North Carolina [PDF]

In North Carolina and across the country, climate change has led to warmer average temperatures. Periods of extreme heat, an increasingly common weather event in North Carolina, can result in heat-related illness, including heat exhaustion, heat stroke ...
Rakowski, Meghan, Lawal, Khadeejatul-Kubraa, Siranosian, Elizabeth, Pavicevic, Katja   +3 more
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Machine learning-based mortality prediction model for heat-related illness

Scientific Reports, 2021
In this study, we aimed to develop and validate a machine learning-based mortality prediction model for hospitalized heat-related illness patients. After 2393 hospitalized patients were extracted from a multicentered heat-related illness registry in ...
Yohei Hirano, Yutaka Kondo, Toru Hifumi, Shoji Yokobori, Jun Kanda, Junya Shimazaki, Kei Hayashida, Takashi Moriya, Masaharu Yagi, Shuhei Takauji, Junko Yamaguchi, Yohei Okada, Yuichi Okano, Hitoshi Kaneko, Tatsuho Kobayashi, Motoki Fujita, Hiroyuki Yokota, Ken Okamoto, Hiroshi Tanaka, Arino Yaguchi   +19 more
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Socio-cultural reflections on heat in Australia with implications for health and climate change adaptation [PDF]

, 2012
Background : Australia has a hot climate with maximum summer temperatures in its major cities frequently exceeding 35°C. Although ‘heat waves’ are an annual occurrence, the associated heat-related deaths among vulnerable groups, such
Ferne Edwards, Tord Kjellström, Edwards, Ferne, Cathy Banwell, Hilary Bambrick, Bambrick, Hilary, Jane Dixon, Dixon, Jane, Banwell, Cathy, Bambrick, Hilary (R12005), Kjellstrom, Tord   +10 more
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Prevention of Occupational Heat-Related Illnesses

Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2021
High ambient temperatures and strenuous physical activity put workers at risk for a variety of heat-related illnesses and injuries. Through primary prevention, secondary prevention, and treatment, OEM health providers can protect workers from the adverse effects of heat.
Aaron, Tustin, Yusef, Sayeed, Manijeh, Berenji, Kathleen, Fagan, Ronda B, McCarthy, Judith, Green-McKenzie, James, McNicholas, Charles Babajide, Onigbogi, William Brett, Perkison, James W, Butler   +9 more
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Pesticide-related illness reported to and diagnosed in primary care: implications for surveillance of environmental causes of ill-health. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: In Great Britain (GB), data collected on pesticide associated illness focuses on acute episodes such as poisonings caused by misuse or abuse.
Vera Mann, Mann, Vera, Lesley Rushton, Rushton, Lesley, Mann Vera, Rushton Lesley   +5 more
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Identifying transcription factors controlling the basal expression of human MRP4 highlights a substantial role for Sp1

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The MRP4 transporter exports several drugs and signaling molecules. Here, we identified key promoter elements regulating basal MRP4 expression. Using reporter assays, we defined a conserved region with essential Sp1 and contributory Ets sites, which controlled basal MRP4 expression.
Debora Singer, Angelique Kragl, Katrin Ziems, Juliane Glaubitz, Sophie Grammbauer, Susanne Hildebrandt, Mladen V. Tzvetkov, Gabriele Jedlitschky   +7 more
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Effects of Heat Stress Prevention Training on the Knowledge of Construction Students [PDF]

Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management
Construction workers exposed to extreme heat in hot and humid climates are at risk of heat stress and heat-related illnesses. Although several studies have been conducted on heat stress research in the construction industry, only a few have focused on ...
Mehdi Torbat Esfahani, Ibukun Awolusi, Yilmaz Hatipkarasulu   +2 more
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