Heat Stress Impacts on Cardiac Mortality in Nepali Migrant Workers in Qatar | Zendy

Bandana Pradhan | Zendy; Tord Kjellström | Zendy; Dan Atar | Zendy; Puspa Sharma | Zendy; Birendra Kayastha | Zendy; Gita Bhandari | Zendy; Pushkar K. Pradhan | Zendy

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Heat Stress Impacts on Cardiac Mortality in Nepali Migrant Workers in Qatar

Author(s) -

Bandana Pradhan,

Tord Kjellström,

Dan Atar,

Puspa Sharma,

Birendra Kayastha,

Gita Bhandari,

Pushkar K. Pradhan

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1421-9751

pISSN - 0008-6312

DOI - 10.1159/000500853

Subject(s) - medicine , nepali , demography , population , mortality rate , wet bulb globe temperature , environmental health , cause of death , geography , disease , air temperature , surgery , art , literature , pathology , sociology , meteorology

Qatar is a major destination country for Nepali migrant workers (NMWs; main age range 25-35 years) in the construction trade. These 120,000+ NMWs are exposed to various occupational hazards, including excessive heat, and 3-4 workers die each week. Our study aimed to show whether heat exposure caused deaths.

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