Comparison of Oral and Rectal Temperatures During Work in Heat
- 1 January 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in Journal of Applied Physiology
- Vol. 8 (4) , 406-408
- https://doi.org/10.1152/jappl.1956.8.4.406
Abstract
Parallel determinations of rectal and oral temperatures were made on 229 laborers after they worked for 2-3 hours in hot and humid underground environments. The mean difference of 1.22[degree]F corresponds with those differences previously reported for men in resting and basal conditions. The relationship between the 2 scores is rectilinear, but with a large spread in the differences. An oral temperature of 101[degree]F was found to be the equivalent of 103[degree]F rectal temperature as a limit for safe exposures to heat.Keywords
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