Full Text from JSTOR Association between high ambient temperature and acute work-related injury: a case-crossover analysis using workers’ compensation claims data
| Title: | Association between high ambient temperature and acute work-related injury: a case-crossover analysis using workers’ compensation claims data |
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| Authors: | Judith A McInnes, Muhammad Akram, Ewan M MacFarlane, Tessa Keegel, Malcolm R Sim, Peter Smith |
| Source: | Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp 86-94 (2017) |
| Publisher Information: | Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2017. |
| Publication Year: | 2017 |
| Collection: | LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: | occupational health, case-crossover study, work-related injury, analysis, temperature, work injury, case crossover study, climate change, ambient temperature, workers’ compensation claims data, compensation claim, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: | OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between high ambient temperature and acute work-related injury, expanding on previous research in this area. Specifically we examined the relationship between both daytime and overnight temperatures and injury risk and disentangled physically demanding occupational exposures from exposure to outdoor working conditions. METHODS: A time-stratified case-crossover study design was used to examine the association between ambient temperatures and acute work-related injuries in Melbourne, Australia, 2002–2012, using workers’ compensation claims to identify work-related injuries. The relationship was assessed for both daily maximum and daily minimum temperatures using conditional logistic regression. RESULTS: Significant positive associations between temperature and acute work-related injury were seen for younger workers ( |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0355-3140 1795-990X |
| Relation: | https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3602; https://doaj.org/toc/0355-3140; https://doaj.org/toc/1795-990X |
| DOI: | 10.5271/sjweh.3602 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/0fa222d430624a7baa6ad5a452f788ea |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.0fa222d430624a7baa6ad5a452f788ea |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 03553140 1795990X |
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| DOI: | 10.5271/sjweh.3602 |
| Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health |
| Language: | English |