Development and Validation of an Occupational Heat Risk and Illness Index (O-HRII): An Integrated Tool for Assessing Heat Stress Vulnerability in Outdoor Workers
O-HRII is a validated, field-feasible tool for identifying vulnerable outdoor workers and guiding heat-stress interventions.
Authors
- Akshaya Prem Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4275-8615)
- P. Madhavi Latha
- Tanya Isaac (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8095-3935)
- Gayathri KG (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8469-360X)
- Rekha Shanmugam
- Karunanidhi Sivagnanamoorthy
- Prudvi Raj Ganne
- Nikitha D
- Somnath Panda
- Saran Kumar T
- Maarthi Raja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1311-1696)
- Sajeeth Kumar Sankar
- Vidhya Venugopal
- Subashini T
Institutions
- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000003642
- Primary Topic
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00