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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1113</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>EXTREME HEAT EVENTS: PERCEIVED THERMAL RESPONSE OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR WORKERS&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Nag</surname><given-names>P K</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dutta</surname><given-names>Priya</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Nag</surname><given-names>Anjali</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kjellstrom</surname><given-names>T.</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>12</day><month>09</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>65</fpage><lpage>78</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background: With the changing climate in the tropical regions, millions of people in indoor and outdoor occupational situations are vulnerable to frequent heat episodes with health implications. Methodology: The study refers to behavioral responses of the men folks (N=999) to hot environment in indoor (iron work N=287, ceramics and pottery N=137, power loom N=143, pulp and paper mill N=31) and outdoor (stone quarry N=401) working conditions. Result: Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) values in power loom was highest (35.2__ampersandsignplusmn;1.10C), followed by other respective occupations. The behavioral responses of workers differed significantly (p__ampersandsignlt;0.0001) between the indoor and outdoor working conditions. The subscales of four principal components (PC-1 to PC-4), explained total cumulative variance of 44% in case of iron works, 47% in case of ceramic and pottery work and ~49% in powerloom and stone quarry works. Conclusion: The stone quarry workers faced greater risk, as compared to the workers in indoor work. Perceived response might provide indication of risk mitigation to combat heat-related emergencies.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>WBGT</kwd><kwd> heat stress</kwd><kwd> ceramic and pottery</kwd><kwd> power loom</kwd><kwd> pulp and paper mill</kwd><kwd> stone quarry workers.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
