Physiological comparison of fire fighter turnout suits with and without a microporous membrane in the heat

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn 1237, Issue , 1996, Pages 396-407

  Mäkinen, Helena ^a   Ilmarinen, Raija ^a   Griefahn, Barbara ^b   Künemund, Christa ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fire fighting; Microporous membrane; Physiological measurements; Protective clothing

Indexed keywords

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FIRE PROTECTION; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL INSULATING MATERIALS; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

FIREFIGHTER TURNOUT SUITS; MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES; PHYSICAL EXERTION; THERMAL DISCOMFORT;

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 0029709342     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1520/stp14083s     Document Type: Article

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