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Mortality burden of outdoor occupational heat exposure in the United States

2026-01-30 occupational and environmental health Title + abstract only
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BackgroundOutdoor workers are particularly vulnerable to the adverse impacts of heat, but many studies focus on heat exposure in residential settings only. This leads to a limited understanding of the full mortality burden due to occupational heat exposures. Here, we aimed to improve estimates of the total, short-term mortality burden attributable to outdoor occupational heat exposure in the United States (US). MethodsWe developed a panel data set for 3,108 US counties during 2010-2019 by linki...

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