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Occupational Medicine 51:45-49 (2001)
Copyright © 2001 Society of Occupational Medicine

Original Papers

Environmental factors and heatstroke

N. J. Shanks

RAS Gas Co. Ltd, Doha, Qatar;

G. Papworth

Ministry of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the extent of the influence of temperature and humidity on the number of heatstroke presentations. Three hundred and forty-five labourers presented to the Accident and Emergency Hospital in Abu Dhabi with heatstroke during a 3 month summer period. There was no significant predictive association between the maximum daily temperature and/or humidity and the presentation of heatstroke. There was no significant association with the maximum temperature on the previous day, day of the week or temperature trend. The largest statistical correlation was between the maximum temperature and humidity and the log of the number of cases. It is possible that there are other significant explanatory variables that we have not included in the model.

Keywords      Arabian Gulf; heat illness; heatstroke


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