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标题：Heat Exposure Control Using Non-refrigerated Water in Brazilian Steel Factory Workers
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作者：Ronaldo Kenzou FUJII ; Seichi HORIE ; Takao TSUTSUI 等
期刊名称：Industrial Health
印刷版ISSN：0019-8366
电子版ISSN：1880-8026
出版年度：2007
卷号：45
期号：1
页码：100-106
DOI：10.2486/indhealth.45.100
出版社：National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
摘要：To test an economically reasonable method to reduce thermal stress, we performed an alternated intervention-control study on 2 groups of 8 male steel workers performing the same jobs, using 2 l of water at ambient temperature (23.5°C ± 1.4), poured on the head and hands. Each group participated for 2 d as control and 2 d as intervention during 4 consecutive summer days in Brazil, 5 h per shift per day. Testing was done by: 1) recording of temperature by thermistors placed on the external ear canal through earplug, skin (chest, upper arm, inner thigh, outer calf) and clothes; 2) recording of heart rate; and 3) Wet Bulb Globe Temperature recording. The intervention was held hourly, when body weight and water intake were evaluated. Symptoms and subjective sensations were evaluated in the beginning and at the end of each shift. No differences were observed in external ear canal and skin temperatures. Subjective thermal sensation ( p =0.018), sweat perception ( p =0.043), and tiredness ( p =0.028) presented positive statistically significant results when comparing intervention to control measurements. In conclusion, our results could not provide evidence that the proposed method cools the analyzed temperatures, although the subjective evaluation suggests a decrease in the head skin temperature, which could be a useful comfort measure.
关键词：Heat;Water cooling;Comfort;Steel workers;Thermal sensation;Sweat perception