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The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham

Introduction: The increasing number of palm oil plantation in Malaysia has given a large opportunity for the people to work in palm oil industry. Heat stress can occur due to the hot temperature especially to those who works near the furnaces. Palm oil mill is one of the work environment which the w...

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Main Author: Badrul Hisham, Nadia Syahira
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Heat
Temperature
Human physiology
Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Industrial and factory sanitation
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spelling my.uitm.ir.458252021-05-31T09:34:22Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45825/ The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham Badrul Hisham, Nadia Syahira Heat Temperature Human physiology Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid Industrial and factory sanitation Introduction: The increasing number of palm oil plantation in Malaysia has given a large opportunity for the people to work in palm oil industry. Heat stress can occur due to the hot temperature especially to those who works near the furnaces. Palm oil mill is one of the work environment which the workers exposed to the high temperature. Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters (body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate) among palm oil mill workers in Selancar, Pahang. Methodology: A total of 52 workers were selected and physiological monitoring was conducted before, during and after 8 hours of work. Results: The result indicates that most of the workstations have exceeded TLV by ACGIH except for boiler and kernel plant. However, the mean reading for physiological parameters were within the normal range except for blood pressure. There were no significant relationship between physiological parameters between before, during and after 8 hours of work except for body temperature. There were also no significant differences between ambient temperature and physiological parameters before and after work (p>0.05). Conclusion: Although most of the measured ambient temperatures were above ACGIH TLV but there were no significant relationship between ambient temperatures with all tested physiological parameters (body temperature, blood pressure and heart rate). Therefore, the null hypothesis (H₀) failed to be rejected. 2017-07 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45825/1/45825.pdf ID45825 Badrul Hisham, Nadia Syahira (2017) The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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topic Heat
Temperature
Human physiology
Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Industrial and factory sanitation
spellingShingle Heat
Temperature
Human physiology
Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
Industrial and factory sanitation
Badrul Hisham, Nadia Syahira
The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham
description Introduction: The increasing number of palm oil plantation in Malaysia has given a large opportunity for the people to work in palm oil industry. Heat stress can occur due to the hot temperature especially to those who works near the furnaces. Palm oil mill is one of the work environment which the workers exposed to the high temperature. Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters (body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate) among palm oil mill workers in Selancar, Pahang. Methodology: A total of 52 workers were selected and physiological monitoring was conducted before, during and after 8 hours of work. Results: The result indicates that most of the workstations have exceeded TLV by ACGIH except for boiler and kernel plant. However, the mean reading for physiological parameters were within the normal range except for blood pressure. There were no significant relationship between physiological parameters between before, during and after 8 hours of work except for body temperature. There were also no significant differences between ambient temperature and physiological parameters before and after work (p>0.05). Conclusion: Although most of the measured ambient temperatures were above ACGIH TLV but there were no significant relationship between ambient temperatures with all tested physiological parameters (body temperature, blood pressure and heart rate). Therefore, the null hypothesis (H₀) failed to be rejected.
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author Badrul Hisham, Nadia Syahira
author_facet Badrul Hisham, Nadia Syahira
author_sort Badrul Hisham, Nadia Syahira
title The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham
title_short The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham
title_full The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham
title_fullStr The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham
title_full_unstemmed The effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in Selancar, Pahang / Nadia Syahira Badrul Hisham
title_sort effects of ambient temperature on physiological parameters among palm oil mil workers in selancar, pahang / nadia syahira badrul hisham
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/45825/1/45825.pdf
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