heatstroke human health effect
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As the temperature or heat burden increases, people may feel: Increased irritability. Loss of concentration and ability to do mental tasks. Loss of ability to do skilled tasks or heavy work.
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Heat stress" is the "net [overall] heat load to which a worker may be exposed from the combined contributions of metabolic heat, environmental factors (i.e., air temperature, humidity, air movement, and radiant heat), and clothing requirements." Metabolic heat is the heat produced by the body through chemical processes, exercise, hormone activity, digestion, etc. [Reference: 2016 TLVs and BEIs: Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices. Cincinnati, Ohio: American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, 2016. p.214.] Other heat-related terms are defined at the end of this document in the Glossary of Terms.