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1 ﻣﺠﻠﻪ ﺳﻼﻣﺖ و ﻣﺤﯿﻂ ﻓﺼﻠﻨﺎﻣﻪ ي ﻋﻠﻤﯽ ﭘﮋوﻫﺸﯽ اﻧﺠﻤﻦ ﻋﻠﻤﯽ ﺑﻬﺪاﺷﺖ ﻣﺤﯿﻂ اﯾﺮان ﻓﺮﯾﺪه ﮔﻠﺒﺎﺑﺎﯾﯽ 1 ﻣﺤﻤﺪرﺿﺎ ﻣﻨﻈﻢ اﺳﻤﺎﻋﯿﻞ ﭘﻮر 2 رﺳﻮل ﻫﻤﺖ ﺟﻮ 3 ﭘﺮوﯾﻦ ﻧﺼﯿﺮي 4 ﻏﻼﻣﺮﺿﺎ ﭘﻮرﯾﻌﻘﻮب 5 ﻣﺼﻄﻔﯽ ﺣﺴﯿﻨﯽ r.hemmatjo@yahoo.com ﭼﮑﯿﺪه Temperature Wet Bulb 6 ﻣﻘﺎﯾﺴﻪ ﺷﺎﺧﺺﻫﺎي اﺳﺘﺮس ﺣﺮارﺗﯽ SW,, DI ﺑﺎ ﭘﺎﺳﺦﻫﺎي ﻓﯿﺰﯾﻮﻟﻮژﯾﮑﯽ ﻣﺮدان در ﻣﺤﯿﻂ ﮐﺎر ﮔﺮم و ﻣﺮﻃﻮب

2 ﻣﻘﺪﻣﻪ ISO 7243 DI ISO 7933 SWreq ﻣﻮاد و روشﻫﺎ (Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Globe Bulb Wet () Required (SWreq) Temperature Discomfort Sweat Rate Index (DI) (DI) ) (SWreq)

3 out= 0/7 Tnwt + 0/2 Tg + 0/1 Tdb :Tnwt :Tg :Tdb ISO 7243 out= 0/7 Tnwt + 0/3 Tg out= head + (2 waist) +ankle/4 (TWA) = (1 1) + (2 T2) + + (n Tn)/ T1+T2+ +Tn DI DI 0/5 =Tnwt + 0/5 Tdb :Tnwt :Tdb در CASELLA SWreq ISO 7933 ISO 7243 () ISO7933 Emax(w/m2) Ereg(w/m2) wreg(dimensionless) rreg(dimensionless) ISO 7243 ISO 7933 ISO 7243

4 Ereq Wreq Emax SPSS16 Mean±Std. deviation SWreq= T-test rreq= 1- Ereq rreq Wreq2 2 Analysis Regression Model effect Random (P< ) ﯾﺎﻓﺘﻪﻫﺎ P AD6132 T-test LAICA 905 TM (P> ) VT801 SWreq DI وﯾﮋﮔﯽﻫﺎي دﻣﻮﮔﺮاﻓﯿﮏ اﻓﺮاد ﻣﻮرد ﻣﻄﺎﻟﻌﻪ :1 ﺟﺪول T-test P< ) Independent sample-t-tset P< ) P

5 ﭘﺎراﻣﺘﺮﻫﺎي ﻣﺤﯿﻄﯽ اﻧﺪازه ﮔﯿﺮي ﺷﺪه :2 ﺟﺪول ﺑﺤﺚ DI ACGIH Chen Lien-Mei SWreq ﭘﺎراﻣﺘﺮﻫﺎي ﻓﯿﺰﯾﻮﻟﻮژﯾﮑﯽ اﻧﺪازهﮔﯿﺮي ﺷﺪه :3 ﺟﺪول

6 (PSI) Moran Physiological Strain Index Strain Frank SWreq ﺿﺮﯾﺐ ﻫﻢ ﺑﺴﺘﮕﯽ ﭘﺎراﻣﺘﺮﻫﺎي ﻓﯿﺰﯾﻮﻟﻮژﯾﮑﯽ ﺑﺎ ﺷﺎﺧﺺﻫﺎي اﺳﺘﺮس ﮔﺮﻣﺎﯾﯽ اﻧﺪازه ﮔﯿﺮي ﺷﺪه :4 ﺟﺪول (CHSI) Cumulative Heat Index Logan ﻧﺘﯿﺠﻪﮔﯿﺮي ACGIH Minard

7 ﺗﺸﮑﺮ و ﻗﺪرداﻧﯽ DI SW, ﻣﻨﺎﺑﻊ 1. Epstein Y, Moran DS. Thermal comfort and the heat stress indices. Industrial Health. 2006;44(3): Wing JF. Upper thermal tolerance limits for unimpaired mental performance. Aerospace Medicine. 1965;36(10): Bell PA. Physiological, comfort, performance, and social effects of heat stress. Journal of Social Issues.1981;37(1): Haldane JS. The influence of high air temperature. Journal of Hygiene. 1950;5(4): Parson K. Human Thermal Environmental: The Effects of Hot, Moderate, and Cold Environments on Human Health, Comfort and Performance. 2nd ed. London: Taylor and Francis; NIOSH. Criteria for a recommended standard: Occupational exposure to hot environments (Revised Criteria 1986). Washengton DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Center For Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer; 1986 Apr. Report No.: ISO. Hot environments-estimation of the heat stress on working man, based on the -index. Geneva: International Standards Organization; 1989 Jul. Report No.: ISO 7243: ISO. Hot environments - analytical determination and interpretation of thermal stress using calculation of required sweat rate. Geneva: International Standards Organization; 1989 Jul. Report No.: ISO 7933: Chen ML, Chen CJ, Yen WY, Huang JW, Mao IF. Heat stress evaluation and worker fatigue in a steel plant. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. 2003;64(3): Logan PW, Bernard TE. Heat stress and strain in an aluminum smelter. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal. 1999;60(5): Moran DS, Shitzer A, Pandolf KB. A physiological strain index to evaluate heat stress. American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 1998;275(1): Frank A, Belokopytov M, Shapiro Y, Epstein Y. The cumulative heat strain index a novel approach to assess the physiological strain induced by exerciseheat stress. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 2001;84(6): Minard D. Prevention of heat casualties in Marine Corps recruits. Period of , with comparative incidence rates and climatic heat stresses in other training categories. Military Medicine. 1961;126: Priban IP. Physiology in industry evaluation of industrial stresses by physiological reactions of the workers. British Journal of Industrial Medicine. 1962;19(2):145-6.

8 Iran. J. Health & Environ., 2012, Vol. 5, No. 2 Comparing the Heat Stress (DI,, SW) Indices and the Men Physiological Parameters in Hot and Humid Environment Farideh Golbabaie1, Mohammad Reza Monazam Esmaielpour1, *Rasoul Hemmatjou2, Parvin Nasiri1, Gholam Reza Pouryaaghoub3, Mostafa Hosseini4 1 Department of Occupational Health, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2 Department Of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran 3 Department Of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4 Department of Biostatics, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Received; 19 November 2011 Accepted; 20 February 2012 ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Heat stress is considered as a serious threat to the health and safety of workers in many industries, including petrochemical and steel. Assessment of the heat stress is important from the disease prevention point of view and also for the safety and performance of workers at workplace. Although there are many indices to evaluate the heat stress, it is hard to select an applicable index for a wide range of weather conditions. The purpose of the study was to develop an optimal index based on physiological parameters in a petrochemical industry. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in a petrochemical industry located in Assaluyeh (south of Iran). Twenty one healthy young men at different levels of fitness and heat acclimation volunteered to participate in the study. Physiological parameters including heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, skin temperature and oral temperature were measured during the working day over two consecutive weeks. Simultaneously, we measured the climatic parameters required to calculate the wet bulb globe temperature (), required sweat rate (SWreq), and the discomfort index (DI) indices. Results: All the measurements took place on 2 sites: Kar (working place) and Paziresh (resting room). Our results showed that the mean values of indices and physiological parameters in Kar for both acclimated and unacclimated groups were significantly higher than Paziresh (P<0.05). There was the strongest linear correlation between and heart rate (0.731), systolic blood pressure (0.695) and diastolic blood pressure (0.375) and skin temperature (0.451) respectively. The amounts of DI were 0.725, 0.446, 0.352, and respectively. But the strongest linear relationship existed between SWreq and deep body temperature (0.766). Conclusion: There were significant differences in the present indices and physiological parameters of Kar and Paziresh, confirming the previous studies findings. Finally, was considered optimal index and the results revealed the almost perfect linear correlation between and heart rate. We propose can be the most applicable index for evaluating heat stress in this climate. Keywords:, Heat stress index, Physiological parameters *Corresponding Author: r.hemmatjo@yahoo.com Tel: , Fax:

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