2024
Yes
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176840
Lung, Shih-Chun Candice
Asia
Exposure Study
Modeling
Students
Elementary (K-5)
Middle/Jr High (6-8)
Temperature
Other
Heat
Heat exposure
Health adaption
Sustainable development goal 3
Children and heat
Using 7 years of WBGT data from 20 Taiwanese schools, this study assessed daily heat stress in children ages 7–15. Results identified local risk patterns and showed that shading or indoor relocation reduced WBGT levels and the number of dangerous days.