title: Climate change impact on microclimate of work environment related to occupational health and productivity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Climate change is a global emergency that influences human health and occupational safety. Global warming characterized by an increase in temperature of the ambience and humidity affects human health directly impairing body thermoregulation with serious consequences: dehydration, fatigue, heat stroke and even death. Several studies have demonstrated negative effects of climate change on working populations in a wide variety of workplaces with particular regard to outdoor and uncooled indoor workplaces. Most vulnerable workers are outdoor workers in tropical and subtropical countries usually involved in heavy labor during hot seasons. Many of the consequences therefore, regarding working people are possible, even without health symptoms by reducing work productivity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The scope of this review is to investigate effects of climate change on workers both in relation to health and work productivity.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study has been realized by analyzing recent international literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In order to reduce negative effects of climate change on working populations it is essential to implement preventive measures with a multidisciplinary strategy limiting health risks and improving work productivity.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro e Ambientale, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone (Rome), Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro e Ambientale, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone (Rome), Italy.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Capone
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro e Ambientale, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone (Rome), Italy.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Freda
mesh_terms: D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D057231:Climate Change / Q000191:economics*; D004526:Efficiency; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D008834:Microclimate; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends*; D017132:Workplace