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The Impacts of Sun Exposure on Worker Physiology and Cognition: Multi-Country Evidence and Interventions.

Leonidas G IoannouLydia TsoutsoubiKonstantinos MantziosGiorgos GkikasJacob Feder PiilPetros C DinasSean R NotleyGlen P KennyLars NyboD Andreas Flouris
Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)
Working under the sun worsens the physiological heat strain experienced and compromises cognitive function, even when the level of heat stress is thought to be the same as being in the shade. Wearing light-colored clothes can limit the physiological heat strain experienced by the body.
Keyphrases
  • heat stress
  • heat shock
  • physical activity
  • mild cognitive impairment