Climate change poses a significant occupational health hazard. Rising temperatures and more frequent heat waves are expected to cause increasing heat-related morbidity and mortality for workers across the globe. Agricultural, construction, military, firefighting, mining, and manufacturing workers are at particularly high risk for heat-related illness (HRI). Various factors, including ambient temperatures, personal protective equipment, work arrangements, physical exertion, and work with heavy equipment may put workers at higher risk for HRI. While extreme heat will impact workers across the world, workers in low- and middle-income countries will be disproportionately affected. Tracking occupational HRI will be critical to informing prevention and mitigation strategies. Renewed investment in these strategies, including workplace heat prevention programs and regulatory standards for indoor and outdoor workers, will be needed. Additional research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in order to successfully reduce the risk of HRI in the workplace.Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Public Health, Volume 45 is April 2024. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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酷热和职业健康风险

气候变化对职业健康构成重大危害。气温上升和更频繁的热浪预计将导致全球工人与热有关的发病率和死亡率增加。农业、建筑、军事、消防、采矿和制造业工人患热相关疾病 (HRI) 的风险特别高。环境温度、个人防护装备、工作安排、体力消耗和使用重型设备等多种因素可能会使工人面临更高的 HRI 风险。虽然极端高温将影响世界各地的工人，但低收入和中等收入国家的工人将受到不成比例的影响。跟踪职业 HRI 对于制定预防和缓解策略至关重要。需要对这些策略进行新的投资，包括工作场所防热计划以及针对室内和室外工人的监管标准。需要进行更多研究来评估干预措施的有效性，以成功降低工作场所的 HRI 风险。《公共卫生年度回顾》第 45 卷的预计最终在线发布日期为 2024 年 4 月。请参阅 http://www. Annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates 了解修订后的估计。